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The Brain with David Eagleman

The Brain with David Eagleman

2015•45m•8.0/10
Documentary

Ratings

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8.0/10(6)

Neuroscientist David Eagleman explores the interior of the brain to reveal why people feel and think the way they do. Episodes examine how personality, emotions and memories are encoded as neural activity; the unconscious brain; and how the brain navigates thousands of conscious decisions every day. Dr. Eagleman ponders the darker side of humanity and why the brain drives people toward certain actions and behaviors. The series also looks at the future, considering what may be next for the human brain and for the human species.

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Language

EN

Status

Ended

First Aired

October 14, 2015

Last Aired

November 18, 2015

Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
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Seasons & Episodes
Select a season to view episodes. Reddit links may contain spoilers.
Season
What is Reality?
E1
What is Reality?
Air date: 2015-10-14
Dr. David Eagleman takes viewers on an extraordinary journey in "What is Reality?" He explores how the brain, locked in silence and darkness without direct access to the world, conjures up the rich and beautiful world we all take for granted.
What Makes Me?
E2
What Makes Me?
Air date: 2015-10-21
"What Makes Me?" explores how we are our brains, how our personality, emotions, and memories are encoded as neural activity. The process of becoming someone continues through our lives. We change our brain, and our brain changes us.
Who is in Control?
E3
Who is in Control?
Air date: 2015-10-28
In "Who is in Control?" Dr. Eagleman explores the unconscious brain, and reveals that everything from our movements, to our decisions, to our behavior is largely controlled and orchestrated by an invisible world of unconscious neural activity.
How Do I Decide?
E4
How Do I Decide?
Air date: 2015-11-04
In "How Do I Decide?" Dr. David Eagleman explores how the brain navigates the tens of thousands of conscious decisions we make every day, and the many more unconscious decisions we make about everything from who we find attractive, to what we perceive.
Why Do I Need You?
E5
Why Do I Need You?
Air date: 2015-11-11
In "Why Do I Need You?" Dr. David Eagleman explores how the brain relies on other brains to thrive and survive. This neural interdependence underpins our need to group together, and our ability to do the very best and the very worst of things to each other.
Who Will We Be?
E6
Who Will We Be?
Air date: 2015-11-18
In "Who Will We Be?" Dr. Eagleman journeys into the future, and asks what's next for the human brain, and for our species. He reveals that in the future our descendants may be so different to us that we will be strangers to them.

Cast

David Eagleman

Self - Presenter

Seán Patrick Judge

Seán Patrick Judge

Father

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