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The Best Episodes of Brain Games Season 1

Every episode of Brain Games Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Brain Games Season 1!

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Get ready to have your mind messed with! "Brain Games" is a groundbreaking series that uses interactive experiments, misdirection and tricks to demonstrate how our brains create the illusion of seamless reality through our memory,

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Brain Games Season 1 Episode 1 - Watch This!
    8.0/10(173 votes)

    #1 - Watch This!

    S1:E1

    Hack into the ultimate supercomputer ' the human brain ' as Hollywood filmmakers use color, light, motion, depth and sound to create mind-bending sensory illusions. Is it possible to feel the sensation of accidentally cutting your finger ' just by watching TV? Much of what we experience may be a mere fabrication, as our brains fill in gaps and stitch together a complete picture of the world bit-by-bit, designed to overcome our eyes' blind spots. But what happens when your senses get crossed?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Brain Games Season 1 Episode 2 - Pay Attention!
    8.2/10(147 votes)

    #2 - Pay Attention!

    S1:E2

    When it comes to mastering and manipulating attention, some of the world's leading experts aren't scientists; they're magicians like David Copperfield. While the brain's attention acts a bit like a spotlight to filter and make sense of a busy world, it can be easily controlled and deceived. Copperfield and a team of experts test, trick and fool using an elegant form of attention control.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Brain Games Season 1 Episode 3 - Remember This!
    7.7/10(105 votes)

    #3 - Remember This!

    S1:E3

    With memory, things are not always as they seem: Details go missing, recollections change, and sometimes our brains fill in the blanks and create false visual memories. Our experts are on a mission to find out where memories reside in the brain by examining every millimeter for clues. Investigating every piece of the memory puzzle, from how we recognize faces even if they have been digitally distorted to how we can move memories from short-term to long-term storage.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Watch This!" is the best rated episode of "Brain Games" season 1. It scored 8/10 based on 173 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 10/9/2011. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Pay Attention!".