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Anxiety

   2019    Medicine
The third episode looks at anxiety and explores why it is so common. It talks to neuroscientists who explain the physiological and evolutionary basis of anxiety. Although it can help animals escape predators, anxiety can cause serious problems for human beings. It talks to sufferers of anxiety and examines the different types of anxiety peopl ...e can feel. It also looks at how social media can cause anxiety.   Show More
Series: The Mind Explained

Psychedelics

   2019    Medicine
The final episode of this series looks at what happens to the brain when someone uses psychedelic drugs. It looks at how psychedelic drugs may be useful in dealing with anxiety in cancer survivors and serious depression. It explores the history of psychedelics and examines early medical experimentation with the drug. It also discussed why psy ...chedelics were banned and examines how they affect the brain.   Show More
Series: The Mind Explained

Power of Scent

   2021    Nature
On the trail of tiger sharks in the Pacific, Will Smith explores the power of smell. Sharks have a sense of smell that's hundreds of times more potent and accurate than that of humans. An enormous part of their brain is dedicated to smelling, to finding their way through the vast expanse of the ocean.
Series: Welcome to Earth

Limitless with Chris Hemsworth: Memory

   2022    Medicine
Chris has always worked to keep his body healthy; now it’s time to start looking after his brain. Neurologist Dr. Sharon Sha challenges him to go off-grid into the wilderness without a GPS or map. Teaming up with his buddy, First Nations artist Otis Hope Carey, Chris will need to tune into nature to navigate through Otis’ remote ancestral hom ...eland. The hike stirs up Chris’s most precious memories.   Show More
Series: Limitless with Chris Hemsworth
Wild Wild Country

Wild Wild Country

2018  Culture
Life

Life

2009  Nature
Empire of the Tsars

Empire of the Tsars

2017  History
Planet Earth

Planet Earth

2007  Nature
Top Gear

Top Gear

2012  Technology
Cooked

Cooked

2016  Culture