Eagleman is an adjunct professor at Stanford University, after directing a neuroscience research laboratory for 10 years at Baylor College of Medicine.

[26] He was voted one of Houston's Most Stylish men,[27] and Italy's Style fashion magazine named Eagleman one of the "Brainiest, Brightest Idea Guys" and featured him on the cover.

[29] He has spun off several companies from his research,[30] including BrainCheck,[4] which helps medical professionals assess and diagnose cognitive impairment and dementia, and Neosensory,[2] which uses sound-to-touch sensory substitution to feed data streams into the brain, as described in his TED talk.

[43] In 2015, the company presented the Versatile Extra-Sensory Transducer (VEST) wearable device that "translates" speech and other audio signals into series of vibration, that allows deaf people to "feel" sounds on their body.

[44][45][46] In 2019, Neosensory presented the Buzz wristband, a sensory substitution device that transfers sound into dynamic vibration patterns, aimed for deaf or hard-of-hearing individuals.

[56] He writes that his long-range goal is "to understand how neural signals processed by different brain regions come together for a temporally unified picture of the world".

Neurolaw is an emerging field that determines how modern brain science should affect the way we make laws, punish criminals, and invent new methods for rehabilitation.

[64] The Eagleman Laboratory operated a website from 2013 to 2017 called mylifememory.info about hyperthymesia, which invited users to take "The Extraordinary Memory Test" for research purposes.

In that documentary, he interviews creators such as Tim Robbins, Michael Chabon, Grimes, Dan Weiss, Kelis, Robert Glasper, Nathan Myhrvold, Michelle Khine, Nick Cave, Bjarke Ingels, and others.

[75][76] He previously served as the science advisor for the TNT television drama, Perception, starring Eric McCormack as a schizophrenic neuropsychiatrist.

[78] Eagleman's 2009 book on synesthesia, co-authored with neurologist Richard E. Cytowic,[79] compiles contemporary understanding and research about this perceptual condition.

[92] The book was reviewed as "appealing and persuasive" by The Wall Street Journal[93] and "a shining example of lucid and easy-to-grasp science writing" by The Independent.

It sweeps the reader through examples from engineering, science, product design, music and the visual arts to trace the roots of creative thinking.

"[96] The Wall Street Journal wrote that "the authors look at art and science together to examine how innovations — from Picasso's initially offensive paintings to Steve Jobs's startling iPhone — build on what already exists ...

[citation needed] A Kirkus review described it as "outstanding popular science",[98] while New Scientist magazine wrote that "Eagleman brings the subject to life in a way I haven't seen other writers achieve before.

"[99] Harvard Business Review wrote that Livewired "gets the science right and makes it accessible ... completely upending our basic sense of what the brain is in the process.

"[100] The Wall Street Journal wrote that "since the passing of Isaac Asimov, we haven't had a working scientist like Eagleman, who engages his ideas in such a variety of modes.

Livewired reads wonderfully, like what a book would be if it were written by Oliver Sacks and William Gibson, sitting on Carl Sagan's front lawn.