National Geographic Society

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  • TEST YOUR BRAIN

  • Wednesdays from 19th Oct @ 9:00pm HKT, 8:00pm BKK/JKT

DESCRIPTION

Our brains are hardwired to make sense of what we see, hear, smell, touch and taste, and fill in missing pieces with whatever our expectations suggest should be there.  This helps us understand sentences even when the letters are out of place.  But while brains are amazing at processing the world around us, how much should you actually trust your own brain?  Enough to multitask by chatting on your cell phone while taking a drive?  Think spotting a dancing, life-size penguin sounds easy? Or how about riding a bike with your eyes closed, or picking the right person out of a line-up after witnessing a crime?  

Premiering on National Geographic Channel, Test Your Brain sizes up the human brain with an intricate series of interactive experiments to see how easily the brain can be fooled.  Using some 12 watts of power, the brain is responsible for every fleeting thought, split-second decision and complex judgment.  And it has a few tricks of its own – and some ways to cut corners – when piecing together how we see the world.  This three-part special will leave viewers rethinking how much faith they are willing to put in everything from memory to multi-tasking.

EPISODE GUIDE

  • Test your Brain: Pay Attention!
    The episode on 'attention' will be shot in Las Vegas and find out how magician use this knowledge of the brain to perform their tricks.
  • Test your Brain: You Won't Believe Your Eyes
    The episode on 'sensory perception' will be shot in Hollywood where filmmakers use images and sound to create compelling illusions of reality.
  • Test your Brain: Memory
    The final episode about ‘memory’ will be shot in New York where a veteran NYPD detective challenges the viewers to test their memories.
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