Secrets of the Brain - Season 2

Secrets of the Brain - Season 2

Season 2

Network
DatesSep 1, 2017 - Nov 3, 2017
Previous Season

Episodes

Lying
Season 2Episode 148 min

Lying

Dr Jack Lewis also meets an incredible man who woke from a coma to his brain producing a string of lies, he was confabulating.

Sep 1, 2017
Risk
Season 2Episode 248 min

Risk

Dr Jack meets extreme risk taker Matthew Adams. Will tests at the University of Cambridge show that Matthew has a different brain from non-risk taking Jack?

Sep 8, 2017
Plasticity
Season 2Episode 348 min

Plasticity

Dr Jack meets a man who has defied all odds by miraculously recovering from severe brain damage, after a car crash left him lying in a coma for three months.

Sep 15, 2017
Hypnosis
Season 2Episode 448 min

Hypnosis

In this episode we explore the science of persuasion and discover that even a hardened sceptic can be convinced – Dr Jack himself included.

Sep 22, 2017
Genius
Season 2Episode 548 min

Genius

In this episode, Dr Jack Lewis investigates the neuroscience behind genius. He meets a genuine genius, Sabrina Chevannes, a woman with an IQ of 178 at just 4.

Sep 29, 2017
Cyborg
Season 2Episode 648 min

Cyborg

Dr Jack meets David Rose who uses a new technology that doesn't work with his paralysed body – it actually taps directly into his mind.

Oct 6, 2017
Music
Season 2Episode 748 min

Music

Dr Jack is going to sing with a choir like no other. Many of the members cannot talk, but they can sing!

Oct 13, 2017
Empathy
Season 2Episode 848 min

Empathy

We meet an individual who has an extraordinary neurological condition, mirror touch synaesthesia, allows them to feel the exact sensation or emotion of another.

Oct 20, 2017
Gut
Season 2Episode 948 min

Gut

Jack meets a poker player who has won millions in high stakes international tournaments using his gut instincts.

Oct 27, 2017
Twins
Season 2Episode 1048 min

Twins

Dr Jack Lewis is on a mission to understand why identical twins are such an asset to science from development in the womb onwards.

Nov 3, 2017

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