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Brain Games
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Get ready to have your mind messed with! Brain Games uses interactive experiments, misdirection and tricks to demonstrate how our brains create the illusion of seamless reality through our memory, through our sensory perception, and how we focus our attention.
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13 this season · 84 totals02e01 Focus Pocus 2013-04-23 01:00
Focus Pocus
Think your field of vision is really in focus, or that your brain is focusing on everything happening in front of you? Think again. Brain Games reveals the secrets behind the mysteries of focus and attention.
s02e02 It's About Time 2013-04-23 01:00
It's About Time
Ever wonder why a watched pot never boils? Explore what makes your brain tick when it comes to time.
s02e03 Motion Commotion 2013-04-30 01:00
Motion Commotion
This is a show about your brain and how it perceives motion. Evolving in a world that is constantly moving, the human brain had to develop a pretty sophisticated sense of motion in order to survive. This episode stops to ask some deceptively simple questions--What really is motion? Is the movement that you see real?
s02e04 Don't Be Afraid 2013-04-30 01:00
Don't Be Afraid
Our experts examine the brain's internal tug of war between fear and rationalization. Whether boarding an airplane or walking down a spooky street at night, we see how dread and anticipation build feelings of fear. Putting our host's emotions to the test, Apollo Robbins challenges Jason Silva to a game of Russian roulette.
s02e05 Power of Persuasion 2013-05-07 01:00
Power of Persuasion
This episode unveils the subtle tactics that advertisers, marketers and con men can use to get you to do what they want, without you noticing.
s02e06 What You Don't Know 2013-05-14 01:00
What You Don't Know
Brain Games reveals how the 'illusion of knowledge' plagues the human brain and why we fall victim to the notion that we understand more than we actually do.
s02e07 Battle of the Sexes 2013-05-21 01:00
Battle of the Sexes
Brain Games reveals just how differently males and females are wired.
s02e08 Seeing is Believing 2013-05-28 01:00
Seeing is Believing
Seeing is believing, right? Not necessarily. It all depends on your perspective. In this episode of Brain Games, mind-bending illusions will show you the ways in which your visual perceptions can be surprisingly off.
s02e09 You Decide 2013-06-04 01:00
You Decide
Every time you make a decision, your brain enters an often invisible battle between risk and reward. Through a series of addictive interactive games, surprising experiments, and relatable experts you'll learn astonishing facts about how you make decisions - and how to get better at making them.
s02e10 Use It or Lose It 2013-06-11 01:00
Use It or Lose It
All the latest research says that your brain needs exercise to stay youthful and fit. Wonder junkie Jason Silva and deception specialist Apollo Robbins are going to put your brain to the test with a serious workout.
s02e11 Illusion Confusion 2013-06-18 01:00
Illusion Confusion
Brain Games reveals how optical illusions are a great way of showing the powerful mechanisms at work that allow your brain to perceive three dimensions.
s02e12 Liar, Liar 2013-06-25 01:00
Liar, Liar
Host Jason Silva and deception specialist Apollo Robbins break down why we lie and what happens in the brain, even though science tells us that the truth is physiologically and neurologically easier.