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Season 2 – Brain Games

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This Emmy-nominated series is designed to mess with the ultimate supercomputer. Host Jason Silva reveals how brains process information related to topics like stress, addiction, competition, food, trust and language. Interactive games and hidden-camera experiments capture hilarious and shocking results, and viewers get real-world takeaways -- how to improve memory, get a better night's sleep, make more money -- to use in everyday situations.
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Brain Games — Season 2

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Episode 1 Aired Apr 22, 2013 Focus Pocus The daily battle between attention and distraction happening inside your brain through a series of addictive interactive games, unexpected experiments, and relatable experts. Details Episode 2 Aired Apr 22, 2013 It's About Time How you can measure something so abstract and invisible; why time flies when you're having fun and slows down when you're in danger. Details Episode 3 Aired Apr 29, 2013 Motion Commotion A series of mind-bending games reveal how the hard wiring of the brain perceives motion and how that perception doesn't always match reality. Details Episode 4 Aired Apr 29, 2013 Don't Be Afraid Interactive games and experiments reveal why a healthy dose of fear is good you, as well as why your spine tingles when you are afraid. Details Episode 5 Aired May 6, 2013 Power of Persuasion The tricks of persuasion, how advertisers use them and how con-men use these tactics to get you to do what they want. Details Episode 6 Aired May 13, 2013 What You Don't Know A series of fun, interactive games that show how little knowledge the brain can hold and why we think we know more than we do. Details Episode 7 Aired May 20, 2013 Battle of the Sexes The ways the male and female brain may be wired differently seen through a series of interactive games, unexpected experiments, and relatable experts. Details Episode 8 Aired May 27, 2013 Seeing Is Believing What people see shouldn't always be trusted; mind altering illusions show us that often it's the brain that's to blame and not the eyes. Details Episode 9 Aired Jun 3, 2013 You Decide A series of interactive games and surprising experiments reveal astonishing facts about how you make decisions and how to get better at making them. Details Episode 10 Aired Jun 10, 2013 Use It or Lose It Interactive games and experiments that raise the human brain's fitness to the next level, giving your brain the exercise it needs. Details Episode 11 Aired Jun 17, 2013 Illusion Confusion Discover the inner workings of your brain and how we perceive 3D images with these optical illusions to mess with your mind; also find out what special ability we share with Superman. Details Episode 12 Aired Jun 24, 2013 Liar, Liar Why humans lie, what goes on in the brain that allows them to do so and why telling the truth is psychologically so much easier. Details
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Season Info

Network
National Geographic
Rating
TV-PG
Genre
Special Interest
Original Language
English
Release Date
Apr 22, 2013