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  • National Geographic

Brain Games

  • 2011 – 2020
  • Ended
  • Documentary · Comedy · Reality
  • ~1h / ep
  • 8 seasons
  • 7.5/10

Get ready to have your mind messed with! "Brain Games" is a groundbreaking series that uses interactive experiments, misdirection and tricks to demonstrate how our brains create the illusion of seamless reality through our memory, through our sensory perception, and how we focus our attention.

Latest: Season 8 · 2020

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  1. E1. Male Brain vs. Female Brain

    Jan 20, 2020 · 60m

    Actors Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard face off in a series of Battle of the Sexes games designed to illustrate the differences between female and male brains.

  2. E2. Ted Danson: Fact or Fiction?

    Jan 20, 2020 · 60m

    Actor Ted Danson learns how human brains distinguish fact from fiction in a series of games.

  3. E3. Drew Brees: Performance

    Jan 27, 2020 · 60m

    NFL football player Drew Brees puts his brain to the test with a series of mental challenges exploring how humans have hacked their brains; Keegan and Drew play a game called Draft Day, which shows how the brain must react quickly and be flexible.

  4. E4. Kids vs. Adults

    Jan 27, 2020 · 60m

    Actors Anthony Anderson and Marsai Martin ("Black-ish) face off in a series of games with host Keegan-Michael Key.

  5. E5. Jack Black: Music

    Feb 10, 2020 · 60m

    Actor-musician Jack Black and his Tenacious D bandmate Kyle Gass learn how music affects the brain.

  6. E6. Mark Cuban: Power and Money

    Feb 17, 2020 · 60m

    Keegan-Michael Key welcomes billionaire CEO and reality star Mark Cuban ("Shark Tank") to the show.

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