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Secrets of the Brain

Secrets of the Brain

62016•5.0/10
Documentary

Ratings

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5.0/10(2)

Neuroscientist Dr Jack Lewis goes in search of people with unusual neurological conditions that give us a fascinating insight into how our brains work.

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Production

Lambent Productions

Language

EN

Status

Returning Series

First Aired

April 4, 2016

Last Aired

June 6, 2016

Networks

Insight TV

Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
US
No providers available for this region.
Seasons & Episodes
Select a season to view episodes. Reddit links may contain spoilers.
Season
Memory
E1
Memory
Air date: 2016-04-04
Jack meets the world memory champion and a man who can remember every day of his life.
Faces
E2
Faces
Air date: 2016-04-11
Jack meets a man who is unable to recognise faces and puts a super-recogniser to the test.
Phantom Limb
E3
Phantom Limb
Air date: 2016-04-18
Jack joins amputees trying to find out why they feel sensations in their missing limbs.
Seeing Is Believing
E4
Seeing Is Believing
Air date: 2016-04-25
Jack meets a man who has bizarre hallucinations and witnesses cutting edge surgery.
Time
E5
Time
Air date: 2016-05-02
Jack meets a woman who has lost all sense of time and reveals how time can be elastic.
The Senses
E6
The Senses
Air date: 2016-05-09
Jack meets people with synaesthesia and experiences multisensory gastronomy.
Pain & Fear
E7
Pain & Fear
Air date: 2016-05-16
Wim Hof teaches Jack how to control his pain and plunge into the ice cold sea.
Creativity
E8
Creativity
Air date: 2016-05-23
Jack meets a man with Sudden Artistic Output syndrome and unleashes his creativity.
Sleep
E9
Sleep
Air date: 2016-05-30
Jack meets two people who can’t stop falling asleep and finds out the consequences of sleep deprivation.
Language
E10
Language
Air date: 2016-06-06
Jack meets a British man who awoke from a coma speaking only fluent French.

Cast

Jack Lewis

Jack Lewis

Himself - Host

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