Secrets of the Brain

Secrets of the Brain

  • 2016
  • 1 Seasons
  • 10 Episodes
  •  5  (2)
  •   Returning Series

Neuroscientist Dr Jack Lewis goes in search of people with unusual neurological conditions that give us a fascinating insight into how our brains work.

Secrets of the Brain
Seasons
Language
10. Language
June 06, 2016
Jack meets a British man who awoke from a coma speaking only fluent French.
Sleep
9. Sleep
May 30, 2016
Jack meets two people who can’t stop falling asleep and finds out the consequences of sleep deprivation.
Creativity
8. Creativity
May 23, 2016
Jack meets a man with Sudden Artistic Output syndrome and unleashes his creativity.
Pain & Fear
7. Pain & Fear
May 16, 2016
Wim Hof teaches Jack how to control his pain and plunge into the ice cold sea.
The Senses
6. The Senses
May 09, 2016
Jack meets people with synaesthesia and experiences multisensory gastronomy.
Time
5. Time
May 02, 2016
Jack meets a woman who has lost all sense of time and reveals how time can be elastic.
Seeing Is Believing
4. Seeing Is Believing
April 25, 2016
Jack meets a man who has bizarre hallucinations and witnesses cutting edge surgery.
Phantom Limb
3. Phantom Limb
April 18, 2016
Jack joins amputees trying to find out why they feel sensations in their missing limbs.
Faces
2. Faces
April 11, 2016
Jack meets a man who is unable to recognise faces and puts a super-recogniser to the test.
Memory
1. Memory
April 04, 2016
Jack meets the world memory champion and a man who can remember every day of his life.
Description
Neuroscientist Dr Jack Lewis goes in search of people with unusual neurological conditions that give us a fascinating insight into how our brains work.
  • Premiere Date
    April 04, 2016
  • Rating
    5  (2)