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My Brilliant Brain Season 1 Episodes

  • 2007-2007
  • 1 Season
  • Documentary
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My Brilliant Brain is a compelling three part documentary series exploring the incredible inner workings of the human brain. The programmes look at a group of remarkable people and poses questions about the origins of genius: are these extraordinary abilities genetic, developed or acquired by accident?

Season 1 Episode Guide

Season 1

3 Episodes 2007 - 2007

Episode 1

Born Genius

Documentary looking at the childhood of chess grand master Susan Polgar, and how memory, sex differences play a role in the functioning of the brain.

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Episode 2

Make me a Genius

Susan Polgar is the world's first female chess grandmaster. But she wasn't born with her brilliant brain - it was created by the unique experiment that dominated her childhood. We explore how male and female brains are different and also explain miracles of memory.

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Episode 3

Accidental Genius

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