The Brain

The Cosmic Connectome

2020 Medicine

In the fifth episode Neil deGrasse Tyson explores questions that have baffled scientists for centuries. Can we know the universe? Are our brains capable of comprehending the cosmos in all of its complexity and splendor?. We don't yet know the answers because our brain remains almost as much of a mystery to that questions as the universe itsel ...f. An abandoned orphan's dream opened the way to understanding the architecture of thought. Show More

Series: Cosmos: Possible Worlds

What Makes Me

2015 Medicine

'What Makes Me?', explores the question of how the brain gives rise to our thoughts, emotions, our memories and personality. Philosophers and great thinkers have for millennia pondered the question of how physical stuff can give rise to mental processes. Last century, the new field of neuroscience joined the discussion, and Dr David Eagleman ...explains that to a neuroscientist, the answers to such questions lie in a deep understanding of the brain. Show More

Series: The Brain with David Eagleman

Memory

2019 Medicine

Ever wonder what's happening inside your head? From dreaming to anxiety disorders, discover how your brain works with this illuminating series. The first episode looks at how memory works and examines the way in which the brain stores, processes, and retrains memories. It also looks at the ways in which memory can fail and discusses how memor ...ies can warp over time. It talks to neuroscientists and a memory champion who explains her techniques. Show More

Series: The Mind Explained

How You Really Make Decisions

2014 Medicine

The film uncovers the truth about how you really make decisions. Every day you make thousands of decisions, big and small, and behind all them is a powerful battle in your mind, pitting intuition against logic. This conflict affects every aspect of your life - from what you eat to what you believe, and especially to how you spend your money. ...And it turns out that the intuitive part of your mind is a lot more powerful than you may realise. Show More

Dreams

2019 Medicine

The second episode of the series looks at dreams and tries to explain what happens in the brain and body after we go to sleep. It looks at the significance of dreams and what dreams can teach us about ourselves. It talks to neuroscientists who discuss slow-wave sleep and REM (rapid eye movement) sleep during which dreams occur. It looks at th ...e history of dream interpretation and its validity. Show More

Series: The Mind Explained

The Brain: Mind Control

2011 Medicine

Dr Michael Mosley traces the sinister ways the experimental psychology has used to try to control our minds. He finds that the pursuit of mind control has led to some truly horrific experiments and left many casualties in its wake. Extraordinary archive captures what happened - scientists systematically change the behaviour of children; law a ...biding citizens give fatal electric shocks; a gay man has electrodes implanted in his head in an attempt to turn his sexuality. Michael takes a hallucinogenic drug as part of a controlled experiment to try to understand how its mind-bending properties can change the brain. This is a scientific journey goes to the very heart of what we hold most dear - our free will, and our ability to control our own destiny. Show More

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