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The Brain With David Eagleman Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
6 Episodes 2015 - 2015
Episode 1
What Is Reality?
Wed, Oct 14, 2015 60 mins
How the brain shapes reality is explained in the first episode of the series, which explores the inner workings of the complex organ.
Episode 2
What Makes Me?
Wed, Oct 21, 2015 60 mins
A look at how personality, emotions and memories are encoded in the brain; and how the process of becoming continues throughout one's life.
Episode 3
Who Is in Control?
Wed, Oct 28, 2015 60 mins
Examining the unconscious brain, which controls movement and plays a major role in decisions and behavior.
Episode 4
How Do I Decide?
Wed, Nov 4, 2015 60 mins
The decision-making process is examined. Included: the tens of thousands of conscious decisions that individuals make everyday; and the many unconscious decisions people make, such as whom they find attractive.
Episode 5
Why Do I Need You?
Wed, Nov 11, 2015 60 mins
Why the brain needs other brains to thrive. The neural interdependence explains the need of people to band together, as well as why people can do the best and the worst of things to one another.
Episode 6
Who Will We Be?
Wed, Nov 18, 2015 60 mins
The finale explores what's in store for the human brain and human species; and why future humans may be dramatically different from current humans.
