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Season 5 – 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 5

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Jason Silva

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Jerry Kolber

Executive Producer

Pamela Caragol Wells

Executive Producer

Michael Kovnat

Executive Producer

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Jan 19, 2015 Common Sense Illusionist Eric Leclerc shows how basic beliefs and perceptions can lead you astray; gravity is put to the test by dropping a watermelon and an egg from four stories up! Details Episode 2 Aired Jan 19, 2015 Left vs. Right Separating out the halves of the brain to discover examine how the two sides operate, what they really control, and whether or not one side dominates the other. Details Episode 3 Aired Jan 26, 2015 Morality Testing the strength of your moral fiber through thought-provoking games and moral dilemmas. Details Episode 4 Aired Feb 2, 2015 Money Understanding money and why your brain gets excited when you think you are receiving a deal; how to stop paying more for less. Details Episode 5 Aired Feb 9, 2015 Paranormal Things that your brain just cannot quite explain; games and experiments that are designed to test the brain's sixth sense. Details Episode 6 Aired Feb 16, 2015 Memory An investigation into the importance of memory and how it shapes people's lives, allowing them to interact with a world in which things are familiar and accessible, not always frighteningly strange and unknowable. Details Episode 7 Aired Feb 23, 2015 Misconceptions Busting widely held myths about the brain through fun and interactive games and experiments; discovering if size really matters and whether listening to Mozart makes you smarter. Details Episode 8 Aired Mar 2, 2015 Peer Pressure Brains that may be hardwired to want to fit in. Details Episode 9 Aired Mar 7, 2015 Logic The power and the limitations of logical abilities. Details Episode 10 Aired Mar 16, 2015 Faces Discovering that there is more to the face than meets the eye; the most important feature of your face; how staring leads to fight or flight and why looking at parts of a face won't always give the whole picture. Details
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Season Info

Executive Producer
Jerry Kolber, Pamela Caragol Wells, Michael Kovnat
Network
National Geographic
Rating
TV-PG
Genre
Special Interest
Original Language
English
Release Date
Jan 19, 2015