Secrets of the Brain

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  • Premiered: May 2016
  • Episodes: 20
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Season 2
2x1
Lying
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 01, 2017
Dr Jack Lewis also meets an incredible man who woke from a coma to his brain producing a string of lies, he was confabulating.
2x2
Risk
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 08, 2017
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?
2x3
Plasticity
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Air date
Sep 15, 2017
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.
2x4
Hypnosis
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Air date
Sep 22, 2017
In this episode we explore the science of persuasion and discover that even a hardened sceptic can be convinced – Dr Jack himself included.
2x5
Genius
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 29, 2017
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.
2x6
Cyborg
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 06, 2017
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.
2x7
Music
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 13, 2017
Dr Jack is going to sing with a choir like no other. Many of the members cannot talk, but they can sing!
2x8
Empathy
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 20, 2017
We meet an individual who has an extraordinary neurological condition, mirror touch synaesthesia, allows them to feel the exact sensation or emotion of another.
Air date
Oct 27, 2017
Jack meets a poker player who has won millions in high stakes international tournaments using his gut instincts.
2x10 Show finale
Twins
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 03, 2017
Dr Jack Lewis is on a mission to understand why identical twins are such an asset to science from development in the womb onwards.

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