How Does the Brain Work? Preview
Preview: Season 5 Episode 3 | 30s
Premiering February 2, 2011 on PBS
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How Does the Brain Work? Preview
Preview: Season 5 Episode 3 | 30s
Premiering February 2, 2011 on PBS
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Clip: S5 Ep3 | 13m 11s | A computer named Watson is the latest contestant in machine v. human battles. (13m 11s)
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Clip: S5 Ep3 | 12m 7s | Neuroscientists join Penn and Teller to explore why humans are so easily fooled by magic. (12m 7s)
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Clip: S5 Ep3 | 10m 50s | Using magnetic wands, researchers can control brain functions and treat depression. (10m 50s)
Clip: S5 Ep3 | 11m 39s | A neuroscientist finds inventive and terror-inducing ways to study the brain. (11m 39s)
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Clip: S5 Ep3 | 11m 30s | A gene called FOXO may be a real elixir of longevity. Can all of us harness its power? (11m 30s)
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Clip: S5 Ep3 | 51s | How can we miss big visual changes that happen right before our eyes? (51s)
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