5.4/1017 votesLoading...#1 - Ted Danson: Fact or Fiction?
Season 8 Episode 2 - Aired 1/20/2020
Actor Ted Danson learns how human brains distinguish fact from fiction in a series of games.
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5.5/1020 votesLoading...#2 - Mark Cuban: Power and Money
Season 8 Episode 6 - Aired 2/17/2020
Keegan-Michael Key welcomes billionaire CEO and reality star Mark Cuban ("Shark Tank") to the show.
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5.7/1032 votesLoading...#3 - Male Brain vs. Female Brain
Season 8 Episode 1 - Aired 1/20/2020
Actors Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard face off in a series of Battle of the Sexes games designed to illustrate the differences between female and male brains.
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5.8/1019 votesLoading...#4 - Kids vs. Adults
Season 8 Episode 4 - Aired 1/27/2020
Actors Anthony Anderson and Marsai Martin ("Black-ish) face off in a series of games with host Keegan-Michael Key.
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5.9/1037 votesLoading...#5 - Paranormal
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 2/9/2015
Have you ever seen a ghost? Have you ever known something was going happen before it happened? If so, you may share a link with the paranormal. Or it might just be your brain playing tricks on you. Whether you're a skeptic or a believer in the supernatural, you have to admit there are things out there your brain just can't quite explain. This is an episode about your brain and the paranormal. Get ready for a series of games and experiments designed to prove you actually know more about the unknown than you think. We're going to put your sixth sense to the test by ...
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6.0/1021 votesLoading...#6 - Tiffany Haddish: Movie Magic
Season 8 Episode 8 - Aired 3/2/2020
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6.1/1020 votesLoading...#7 - Jack Black: Music
Season 8 Episode 5 - Aired 2/10/2020
Actor-musician Jack Black and his Tenacious D bandmate Kyle Gass learn how music affects the brain.
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6.4/1041 votesLoading...#8 - Battle of the Sexes 2
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 7/28/2014
Girls and boys. Guys and gals. Ladies and Gentlemen. No matter how you say it, it all comes down to the same thing: Male and Female. In this episode the male brain and the female brain go head to head. We’re going to pit teams of men and women against each other in a series of games and experiments designed to mess with your mind and show you how the genders are not created equally... from how we talk, to how we listen, and especially how we think.
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6.8/1044 votesLoading...#9 - Anger
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 8/11/2014
Whether it's full blown road rage or just the ever-present frustration at life's little inconveniences, we all feel a little mad sometimes. But what if getting angry had less to do with what's going on outside, and more to do with what's going on inside your brain? In this episode we'll explore why your brain gets angry and what you can do about it. Through a series of games and experiments, we'll prove to you that anger isn't always a bad thing, and how having a short fuse might not be the worst trait to have. Also you'll learn how to deal better with the anger of other people, and your own.
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6.8/1017 votesLoading...#10 - Super Senses
Season 7 Episode 5 - Aired 3/13/2016
There's no better place than New York City to mess with your mind. Host Jason Silva leads viewers through a series of games and experiments designed to show that the brain has far more than just five senses, and how each of these work together to influence interactions with the world.
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6.8/1024 votesLoading...#11 - Drew Brees: Performance
Season 8 Episode 3 - Aired 1/27/2020
NFL football player Drew Brees puts his brain to the test with a series of mental challenges exploring how humans have hacked their brains; Keegan and Drew play a game called Draft Day, which shows how the brain must react quickly and be flexible.
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6.8/1014 votesLoading...#12 - Rebel Wilson: Love and Attraction
Season 8 Episode 7 - Aired 2/24/2020
Actress Rebel Wilson joins Keegan-Michael Key to explore the power of the subconscious when it comes to falling in love.
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6.9/1059 votesLoading...#13 - Trust Me
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 1/20/2014
This is a show about your brain and trust. Does it sometimes seem like you have to be on your guard all the time against untrustworthy advertisers, politicians, and other people? So how do you maintain a level of trust in an untrustworthy world - and what is trust anyway? Through a series of fun and interactive games, you’ll learn to trust others a little more and your own brain a little less! Prepare to put your trust in Brain Games.
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6.9/1048 votesLoading...#14 - What's Going On?
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 2/3/2014
Whether it's remembering where you parked the car, or just finding the light switch in the morning, navigating your busy world can be tough. Luckily your brain has a built-in navigation system to help make sense of your surroundings. In fact, recent discoveries prove that the brain uses place cells and direction cells to help get us to where we're going. In this episode we explore spatial awareness. It's how your brain tells you where you are. Through a series of games and experiments we’ll test the boundaries of your brain’s hardwired sense of direction, and prove how you aren’t always aware of your surroundings or even your body. Plus you’ll learn a surprising technique to enhance your spatial memory.
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6.9/1042 votesLoading...#15 - In It to Win It
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 3/10/2014
Whether you're trying to get to the head of the class, earn the big promotion, or just find a parking spot—every day, you're competing. With yourself... and with others. So what is it about the human brain that makes you want to win—sometimes at all costs? In this episode we'll explore your brain and competition through a series of competitions! Each viewer will be assigned a team and play along as our Red and Blue teams duke it out in a head to head battle to determine the winner of “The Brain Games.” Along the way you'll learn what drives you to compete, why some people may be born more competitive, and how a little healthy rivalry can help you climb the ladder of success.
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6.9/1040 votesLoading...#16 - Money
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 2/2/2015
This is a show about your brain and money. It's present in every corner of our lives-we earn it, spend it, manage it and often obsess over it, but how well do we really understand it? If you play along you'll understand why your brain gets excited when you think you're getting a deal, why there's no such thing as a free lunch, and you'll learn how to stop paying more for less.
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6.9/1022 votesLoading...#17 - The God Brain
Season 7 Episode 2 - Aired 2/21/2016
Jason Silva travels to Israel to explore “The God Brain.” New research has uncovered that believing in God may be hardwired in our brains.
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7.0/1067 votesLoading...#18 - You Decide
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 6/3/2013
Every time you make a decision, your brain enters an often invisible battle between risk and reward. Through a series of addictive interactive games, surprising experiments, and relatable experts you'll learn astonishing facts about how you make decisions - and how to get better at making them.
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7.0/1065 votesLoading...#19 - Laws of Attraction
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 1/13/2014
In this episode you'll play along with interactive games that unlock the secrets to attraction, learn how your brain quickly calculates what's attractive (or not), and discover how hidden formulas can predict who you consider beautiful. Explore the secrets of long-term relationships, and play along to discover just what it is that attracts two people together beyond conscious control—including a shocking revelation of the one body part that can often predict compatibility. From secret formulas to brainwave patterns, you'll see the mysteries of attraction revealed.
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7.0/1047 votesLoading...#20 - Mind Your Body
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 3/3/2014
Your mind and your body are connected in countless ways, some more mysterious than others. One might even call them "frenemies"—at times they work together like the best of friends, at others they fight like the fiercest of enemies. In this episode, we'll reveal what's happening when your brain betrays your body and the other way around. You'll learn some secrets about your body's reaction time as well as some physical feats that will baffle and amaze your friends.
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7.0/1042 votesLoading...#21 - Superstitions
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 7/28/2014
Do you have a lucky number? Do you cross the street to avoid black cats? Have you ever thought you knew what someone was about to say–and turned out to be right? This is a show about your brain and superstition. Superstition is a big part of our everyday lives, and the same power our brain has to learn language, find meaning in chaos, and hit home runs makes us believe things that have no basis in reality. We’re going to mess with your mind as we put you through a series of games and experiments that will reveal how your brain may be hardwired to be superstitious. You'll find out if someone really can read your mind, and how you can do it too.
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7.0/1035 votesLoading...#22 - Intuition
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 8/25/2014
Ever had the strange sensation of just knowing something without being able to say how you know it? Or been bothered by something without knowing why? That tiny feeling is the key to unlocking one of your brain’s most powerful abilities: intuition. In this episode of Brain Games, we'll put your brain to the ultimate test with a series of interactive games and fascinating experiments that reveal a useful piece of advice: you should stop thinking with your head and listen to your gut.
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7.0/1027 votesLoading...#23 - Misconceptions
Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 2/23/2015
This is a show about your brain and the widely held myths you believe to be true. Through a series of fun and interactive games and experiments, you'll discover whether or not you only use 10% of your brain, if size really does matter and whether listening to Mozart actually makes you smarter.
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7.1/1053 votesLoading...#24 - Stress Test
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 1/27/2014
This is a show about your brain and stress. You'll see how your brain manages stress and how stress also manages you. From traffic jams to screaming babies, angry bosses to bill payments, you're surrounded by stress every day. But stress has a purpose, and you’ll discover why it's a good thing in many situations, even though it can overwhelm you. That said, don't let stress stress you out—there are ways to manage it! Through a series of interactive games and experiments, you’ll discover how stress works—and how to handle it better.
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7.1/1048 votesLoading...#25 - Retrain Your Brain
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 2/24/2014
Are you stuck with the brain you're born with, or can you improve it? It's easy to upgrade the electronic devices you rely on every day; can you do the same with your brain? The answer might surprise you. Discover how to take advantage of your brain's mental shortcuts, and how to be on the lookout for the little short circuits that can crash your system. We're going to hack your neural network to access secret mental software that can change your life, and if you play along you’ll get to try your hand at the only game PROVEN to boost your IQ.
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The Worst Episodes of Brain Games
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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...
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Worst Episodes Summary
"Ted Danson: Fact or Fiction?" is the worst rated episode of "Brain Games". It scored 5.4/10 based on 17 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 1/20/2020. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Mark Cuban: Power and Money".