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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

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
Cosmos: Possible Worlds

Cosmos: Possible Worlds

2020  Science
Breakthrough

Breakthrough

2019  Medicine
Planet Earth

Planet Earth

2007  Nature
History of the Eagles

History of the Eagles

2013  History
Leaving Neverland

Leaving Neverland

2019  Culture
How Earth Made Us

How Earth Made Us

2010  Science
Hidden Kingdoms

Hidden Kingdoms

2014  Nature