Brain Games

2013 • National Geographic Channel
4.7
939 reviews
TV-PG
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Season 5 episodes (10)

1 Common Sense
1/19/15
From knowing when to cross the street to avoiding hot stoves, your brain is constantly making judgments that you likely take for granted. We chalk it up to common sense – but just how common is it? Through interactive games and mind-bending challenges, unravel your mental shortcuts and learn how to harness the power of collective thinking. Play along to understand how your common sense can either lead you astray or keep you on the right track.
2 Left vs. Right
1/19/15
Whether you’re a left-handed artist or a right-handed accountant, we all use both sides of our brains. But is there any science behind the notion that the left half or your brain is the creative side while the right half is more logical? Experience a series of games and experiments designed to find out how the two sides operate, what they really control, and whether or not one side of your brain dominates the other.
3 Morality
1/26/15
Have you ever wondered where your morality comes from? Is it ingrained in your brain, set by religion, or does society dictate what's deemed as right or wrong? Through a series of interactive experiments, test the strength of your moral fiber and discover how your brain makes countless moral decisions every day. Understand how outside influences like clothing, attitude, and your own evolutionary survival may sway your brain…and your morals.
4 Money
2/2/15
Money. It’s present in every corner of our lives—we earn it, spend it, manage it and often obsess over it, but how well do we really understand it? Play along and understand why your brain gets excited when you think you’re getting a deal, why there’s no such thing as a free lunch, and learn how to stop paying more for less. Get ready to put your money where your mind is.
5 Paranormal
2/9/15
Have you ever seen a ghost? Have you ever known something was going to happen before it happened? If so, you may share a link with the paranormal. Or it might just be your brain playing tricks on you. Whether you’re a skeptic or a believer in the supernatural, there are things out there your brain just can’t quite explain. Through interactive games and experiments, discover how you may actually know more about the "unknown" than you think.
6 Memory
2/16/15
Whether it's a blast from the past, recognizing a long lost pal, or remembering where you parked the car -- your memory shapes the story of your life – and allows you to interact with the world around you without everything always seeming strange or unfamiliar. We show you what memory is, why you even have a memory and why you keep forgetting where you put those darn keys! Play along and see why forgetting can actually be a good thing!
7 Misconceptions
2/23/15
Learn more about your brain and the widely held myths you believe to be true. Through a series of fun and interactive games and experiments, you’ll discover whether or not you only use 10% of your brain, if size really does matter and whether listening to Mozart actually makes you smarter. Get ready to think again.
8 Peer Pressure
3/2/15
If you think you have full control of your thoughts and actions – think again. It turns out the clothes you wear, the food you eat, and even the way you walk has less to do with you and more to do with everyone else. Through a series of games and experiments, we prove that the decisions that make you an individual also make you a part of the crowd.
9 Logic
3/9/15
Put your problem-solving skills to the test with a labyrinth of logic games. Every day, we use logic to get things done, from dressing for the weather to deciding what to eat for dinner. Through a series of interactive games and experiments, learn about the power and limitations of your logical abilities. Play along with puzzles and illusions that will help strengthen your brain.
10 Faces
3/16/15
Your identity is deeply rooted in your own unique face. And with over 40 muscles, your face allows you to express a near infinite number of emotions and feelings. But your brain is also highly adept at recognizing what other peoples' faces are saying to you. Discover the most important feature of your face, how staring can make you want to fight or take flight, and why looking at just parts of a face won’t always give you the whole picture.

About this show

Are you ready for a truly mind-blowing television experience? Brain Games returns with twelve new episodes, each chock full of interactive games and experiments designed to mess with your mind and reveal the inner-workings of your brain. Host Jason Silva and Deception Specialist Apollo Robbins are teaming up with some of the world's foremost neuroscientists to get inside your head and show you what's going on in there.

Ratings and reviews

4.7
939 reviews
JannyPants
July 28, 2014
This should be mandatory viewing in U.S. High Schools on the chance it might help stimulate thinking in our future leaders --- as we continue to drop farther scholastically in comparison to other countries. Perhaps required again, in college in some sort of critical thinking course. Frankly, I would think any country would think this kind of information educational across age and occupational lines and presented in an entertaining format. Personally, I think there are myriad applications for these episodes depending upon Nat Geo's interest level.
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Christi Nash
September 17, 2014
There must be some pretty ignorant people watching tv if they think this show is so amazing. I watched anger and food and a lot of this stuff to me is common knowledge, but then again I went to college. I guess it's good if people learn somehow. Probably best for young people, like teens or older children.
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Max Evans
January 25, 2015
Pretty amazing how some people are so full of themselves to say this show isn't good because they "went to college." The way I see it is if you don't like it, pi** off. Don't get on your high horse and act like you're better than everyone else.
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