8.6/1054 votesLoading...#1 - What is Reality?
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/14/2015
Dr. David Eagleman takes viewers on an extraordinary journey in "What is Reality?" He explores how the brain, locked in silence and darkness without direct access to the world, conjures up the rich and beautiful world we all take for granted.
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#2 - Why Do I Need You?
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/11/2015
In "Why Do I Need You?" Dr. David Eagleman explores how the brain relies on other brains to thrive and survive. This neural interdependence underpins our need to group together, and our ability to do the very best and the very worst of things to each other.
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#3 - What Makes Me?
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/21/2015
"What Makes Me?" explores how we are our brains, how our personality, emotions, and memories are encoded as neural activity. The process of becoming someone continues through our lives. We change our brain, and our brain changes us.
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#4 - Who is in Control?
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/28/2015
In "Who is in Control?" Dr. Eagleman explores the unconscious brain, and reveals that everything from our movements, to our decisions, to our behavior is largely controlled and orchestrated by an invisible world of unconscious neural activity.
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- 8.1/1039 votesLoading...
#5 - How Do I Decide?
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/4/2015
In "How Do I Decide?" Dr. David Eagleman explores how the brain navigates the tens of thousands of conscious decisions we make every day, and the many more unconscious decisions we make about everything from who we find attractive, to what we perceive.
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#6 - Who Will We Be?
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/18/2015
In "Who Will We Be?" Dr. Eagleman journeys into the future, and asks what's next for the human brain, and for our species. He reveals that in the future our descendants may be so different to us that we will be strangers to them.
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The Best Episodes of The Brain with David Eagleman
Every episode of The Brain with David Eagleman ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The Brain with David Eagleman!
Neuroscientist David Eagleman explores the interior of the brain to reveal why people feel and think the way they do. Episodes examine how personality, emotions...
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Best Episodes Summary
"What is Reality?" is the best rated episode of "The Brain with David Eagleman". It scored 8.6/10 based on 54 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 10/14/2015. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Why Do I Need You?".