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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Brain Games Season 3 Episode 8 - Mind Your Body
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    #1 - Mind Your Body

    S3:E8

    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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  2. Brain Games Season 3 Episode 9 - In It to Win It
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    #2 - In It to Win It

    S3:E9

    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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  3. Brain Games Season 3 Episode 10 - Follow the Leader
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    #3 - Follow the Leader

    S3:E10

    Everyone thinks they’re unique and independent, but how much of your behavior is based on how much your brain is copying from people around you? You’ll discover how you unconsciously adapt the way you behave, speak, and move according to who you’re talking to, who you’re trying to please, or who you’d like to be like in the future.

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  4. Brain Games Season 4 Episode 1 - Compassion
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    #4 - Compassion

    S4:E1

    Join host Jason Silva in a series of interactive games and experiments that explores your brain's capacity for compassion, and questions the motives behind both your selfless and selfish acts. In this episode we'll tackle the age-old question of nature vs. nurture, and test whether altruistic inclinations are hardwired in our brain from birth. You'll discover if you're actually born naughty or nice, and explore the chances of finding a psychopath among your family or friends — or even in the mirror!

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  5. Brain Games Season 4 Episode 2 - Addiction
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    #5 - Addiction

    S4:E2

    We all have things we say we can’t live without — coffee, smartphones, social media... But do we really need all those things, or on some deep level are we addicted to them? In this episode we’ll put you through a series of games and experiments designed to reveal how, like it or not, we’re all addicted to something, and why some addictions might be the best thing that ever happened to you. Learn what one of the most addictive sounds in the world is, why you can’t stop checking your phone, and why that awful pop song is still stuck in your head.

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  6. Brain Games Season 4 Episode 3 - Language
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    #6 - Language

    S4:E3

    Would you believe language is the closest thing humans have to telepathy? Or that you speak volumes every day without uttering a single word? Play along as host Jason Silva — with help from biomedical-engineer Sri Sarma of Johns Hopkins University — leads you on a journey of discovery through the mystery of how you create meaning, and more. After we break down what to look for, viewers will be conversant in the hidden language of gestures, tells, and nonverbal signals. Through a series of addictive interactive games and unexpected experiments you’ll discover how language might be your brain’s most remarkable ability.

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  7. Brain Games Season 4 Episode 4 - Risk
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    #7 - Risk

    S4:E4

    Whether it's choosing what to eat for breakfast, where to invest your money or just when to cross the street, nearly every choice you make involves some sort of calculated risk. This episode explores how your brain evaluates risk — you'll discover why we're all born risk-takers and how life is often a big game of chance. You'll also find out that while your brain is hardwired to analyze risk, it doesn’t always make the most logical decisions. But pay attention, and you'll learn how to assess risk like your life depends on it... because it does!

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  8. Brain Games Season 4 Episode 5 - Battle of the Sexes 2
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    #8 - Battle of the Sexes 2

    S4:E5

    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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  9. Brain Games Season 4 Episode 6 - Superstitions
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    #9 - Superstitions

    S4:E6

    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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  10. Brain Games Season 4 Episode 7 - Food
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    #10 - Food

    S4:E7

    In this episode, you'll discover that what goes into your stomach has less to do with your mouth and more to do with your brain. You'll see what happens when we turn up the volume on our test subjects' appetites through sound and smell, and learn how many of your food choices often have nothing to do with food. Through a series of interactive games and experiments you'll discover what makes you hungry, why you overeat, and whether you should take comfort in comfort food.

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  11. Brain Games Season 4 Episode 8 - Anger
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    #11 - Anger

    S4:E8

    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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  12. Brain Games Season 4 Episode 9 - Patterns
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    #12 - Patterns

    S4:E9

    Have you ever looked up at the night sky and thought you saw a man in the moon? In this episode, we're going to prove that there really is a man in the moon—in your brain. This is a show about your brain and patterns. Through a series of games and experiments, we'll show you how, when processing the world, your brain is always filling in the blanks. And whether you realize it or not, your life a series of complex patterns that repeat again, and again, and again. You'll learn exactly how patterns and habits rule your world, and you'll discover that what you think of as free will, might really be habit.

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  13. Brain Games Season 4 Episode 10 - Intuition
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    #13 - Intuition

    S4:E10

    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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  14. Brain Games Season 6 Episode 1 - Positive Thinking
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    #14 - Positive Thinking

    S6:E1

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  15. Brain Games Season 6 Episode 2 - Scams
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    #15 - Scams

    S6:E2

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  16. Brain Games Season 6 Episode 3 - Sleep
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    #16 - Sleep

    S6:E3

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  17. Brain Games Season 6 Episode 4 - Perspective
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    #17 - Perspective

    S6:E4

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  18. Brain Games Season 6 Episode 5 - Animal vs. Human
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    #18 - Animal vs. Human

    S6:E5

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  19. Brain Games Season 6 Episode 6 - Imagination
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    #19 - Imagination

    S6:E6

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  20. Brain Games Season 7 Episode 1 - Meet the Brain
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    #20 - Meet the Brain

    S7:E1

    A tour through the labyrinthine city of London; a metaphor for your brain and its numerous regions and intricate pathways.

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  21. Brain Games Season 7 Episode 2 - The God Brain
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    #21 - The God Brain

    S7:E2

    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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  22. Brain Games Season 7 Episode 3 - Brains Behaving Badly
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    #22 - Brains Behaving Badly

    S7:E3

    Host Jason Silva visits New Orleans, Louisiana, to explore the brain and bad behavior. A series of games and experiments demonstrate how the brain has an evolutionary predilection toward doing the wrong thing.

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  23. Brain Games Season 7 Episode 4 - Life of the Brain
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    #23 - Life of the Brain

    S7:E4

    Everyone's brain changes throughout life, expanding and contracting, shifting points of views, adjusting perspectives - you wake up every day with a brand new brain. Host Jason Silva heads to the New Jersey Shore to show how the mind's point of view shifts over a lifetime.

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  24. Brain Games Season 7 Episode 5 - Super Senses
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    #24 - Super Senses

    S7:E5

    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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  25. Brain Games Season 7 Episode 6 - The Survivor Brain
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    #25 - The Survivor Brain

    S7:E6

    Jason Silva meets several people in Colorado Springs, Colorado, who personify the word "survivor," and puts their brains to the test in a battery of challenges engineered to demonstrate what it takes to be a super survivor.

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Mind Your Body" is the worst rated episode of "Brain Games". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 3/3/2014. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "In It to Win It".