Episode 1 | Our Perception of Reality
Clip: Episode 1 | 2m 18s
David invites subjects to an experiment that demonstrates how much our brains leave out.
David invites subjects to recreate an experiment that demonstrates how much our brains leave out of our perception of reality. One brief look is enough for the brain to model a picture of the situation but just how detailed it that model?
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Episode 1 | Our Perception of Reality
Clip: Episode 1 | 2m 18s
David invites subjects to recreate an experiment that demonstrates how much our brains leave out of our perception of reality. One brief look is enough for the brain to model a picture of the situation but just how detailed it that model?
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Clip: Ep1 | 1m 7s | David explains how the brain is tricked by the checker shadow illusion. (1m 7s)
Episode 1 | Alternate Realities: Synesthesia
Clip: Ep1 | 2m 34s | Hannah describes her synesthesia, a condition that fascinates neuroscientists. (2m 34s)
Clip: Ep1 | 1m 53s | The brain is a vast interconnected network of areas that communicate with each other. (1m 53s)
Episode 1 | How the Brain Creates Reality
Clip: Ep1 | 2m 42s | David explains how the brain experiences the outside world without ever having seen it. (2m 42s)
Episode 1 | Messing with Reality
Clip: Ep1 | 4m 37s | David Eagleman experiences a new visual reality – with nauseating consequences. (4m 37s)
Episode 1 | Why Time Seems to Slow When We Are in Extremes
Clip: Ep1 | 4m 17s | Wingsuit pilot Jeb Corliss describes his agonizing experience of time distortion. (4m 17s)
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