Brain Games - Season 7

First aired: 2/14/2016 6 episodes

Episodes

1. Meet the Brain

Aired: 2/14/2016

A tour through the labyrinthine city of London; a metaphor for your brain and its numerous regions and intricate pathways.

2. The God Brain

Aired: 2/21/2016

Jason Silva travels to Israel to explore “The God Brain.” New research has uncovered that believing in God may be hardwired in our brains.

3. Brains Behaving Badly

Aired: 2/28/2016

Host Jason Silva visits New Orleans, Louisiana, to explore the brain and bad behavior. A series of games and experiments demonstrate how the brain has an evolutionary predilection toward doing the wrong thing.

4. Life of the Brain

Aired: 3/6/2016

Everyone's brain changes throughout life, expanding and contracting, shifting points of views, adjusting perspectives - you wake up every day with a brand new brain. Host Jason Silva heads to the New Jersey Shore to show how the mind's point of view shifts over a lifetime.

5. Super Senses

Aired: 3/13/2016

There's no better place than New York City to mess with your mind. Host Jason Silva leads viewers through a series of games and experiments designed to show that the brain has far more than just five senses, and how each of these work together to influence interactions with the world.

6. The Survivor Brain

Aired: 3/20/2016

Jason Silva meets several people in Colorado Springs, Colorado, who personify the word "survivor," and puts their brains to the test in a battery of challenges engineered to demonstrate what it takes to be a super survivor.