Host Neil deGrasse Tyson will tackle one of science's major challenges in each episode framed as a simple question that ordinary people wonder and worry about. Neil will guide US as he explores dramatic discoveries and the frontiers of research that connect each central provocative mystery. Episode includes: 1) Magic and the Brains - Are the secrets behind the world's greatest magic tricks actually wired into the human brain? Eccentric magicians Penn and Teller and Las Vegas trickster Apollo Robbins team up with neuroscientists to reveal how our brains process visual information. Can you really believe your own eyes? 2) Artificial Intelligence - Can we make a robot that really thinks learns and acts like us? Replicating the human brain is a lot tougher than it looks; the promise of walking talking "androids" is still just a fantasy. But scientists are edging closer with machines like Watson an IBM computer which is gearing up for a first-of-it's-kind challenge: Taking on human contestants on the game show Jeopardy. 3) Mind Control - Obi-Wan Kenobi used it to get his droids past policing storm troopers in Star Wars. The Communists used it to turn a captured solider into an assassin in the Manchurian Candidate. But now the thrilling terrifying prospect of controlling another's mind using invisible forces is stepping out of the movies and into the lab as scientists "hack" into the human brain. 4) Profile David Eagleman - How does the brain construct reality using the information it takes in? Neuroscientist David Eagleman is using a unique brand of "guerilla science" to study time perception-dropping people 100 feet into a net-and synesthesia a bizarre crossing of the senses in the brain.
A**N
Very Useful tool
Nova Science Now: How Does the Brain Work This is a great video for any novice who wants to better understand how the brain works. It explains with simplicity and uses great visuals, examples and easy to understand language. This DVD can be used to expand your own knowledge, your children's knowledge or as a tool in education, substance abuse counseling or mental health education and treatment.
D**A
Fascinating, but...
I was hoping this would be a basic explanation of how the brain works. The video explains various individual kinds of mental events -- such as how we are fooled by magicians -- in an interesting way.
S**T
Four Stars
Great educational info
E**5
It's NOVA...
So, how could it be anything but interesting. I use this in class while I am teaching psychology, and it is an asset to my course. I recommend it highly.
Z**A
How Does The Brain Work vs. Mind Games
NOVA Science Now: How Does The Brain Work? like National Geographic's Brain Games shows how the brain can be fooled if we lose concentration. Brain Games does the same thing. Both use tricks to show how easy it is to fool someone. Neither DVD set gives the information I want to know about the human brain.Instead I recommend NOVA's Secrets of the Mind hosted by Dr. V.S. Ramachandran, which goes much deeper into subjects such as phantom limb syndrome,intense spiritual experiences and how the brain rewires itself. See my review of NOVA Secrets of the Mind.
K**E
Excellent
I enjoy the Nova educational movies. Very informative and well worth the time to watch. I certainly recommend this one!
A**R
Five Stars
I love it
C**S
not enough science
A bit disappointed in the lack of science....too much magician, illusionist stuff.....entertaining enough for my high school students at least.
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