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Brain Games

Show Info

  • Status: Ended
  • First Aired: October 9, 2011
  • Seasons: 8
  • Episodes: 65
  • Networks: National Geographic
  • Genres: Documentary, Comedy, Reality
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Brain Games(2011)
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TMDB Rating: 7.4 (64 votes)

Overview

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, through our sensory perception, and how we focus our attention.

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Season 1 Poster

Season 1

3 episodes • 2011Avg: 8.0Golden Era

#EpisodeAir DateRating
1Watch This!Oct 9, 20118.0
2Pay Attention!Oct 9, 20118.0
3Remember This!Oct 9, 20118.0
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Season 2

12 episodes • 2013Avg: 7.9

#EpisodeAir DateRating
1Focus PocusApr 22, 20138.0
2It's About TimeApr 22, 20138.0
3Motion CommotionApr 29, 20138.0
4Don't Be AfraidApr 29, 20138.0
5Power of PersuasionMay 6, 20139.0
6What You Don't KnowMay 13, 20138.0
7Battle of the SexesMay 20, 20138.0
8Seeing is BelievingMay 27, 20138.0
9You DecideJun 3, 20138.0
10Use It or Lose ItJun 10, 20137.0
11Illusion ConfusionJun 17, 20137.0
12Liar, LiarJun 24, 20138.0
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Season 3

10 episodes • 2013Avg: 7.9

#EpisodeAir DateRating
1Battle of the AgesNov 11, 20138.0
2In Living ColorJan 13, 20147.5
3Laws of AttractionJan 13, 20147.5
4Trust MeJan 20, 20148.0
5Stress TestJan 27, 20148.0
6What's Going On?Feb 3, 20148.0
7Retrain Your BrainFeb 24, 20148.0
8Mind Your BodyMar 3, 20140.0
9In It to Win ItMar 10, 20140.0
10Follow the LeaderMar 17, 20140.0
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Season 4

10 episodes • 2014

#EpisodeAir DateRating
1CompassionJul 14, 20140.0
2AddictionJul 14, 20140.0
3LanguageJul 21, 20140.0
4RiskJul 21, 20140.0
5Battle of the Sexes 2Jul 28, 20140.0
6SuperstitionsJul 28, 20140.0
7FoodAug 4, 20140.0
8AngerAug 11, 20140.0
9PatternsAug 18, 20140.0
10IntuitionAug 25, 20140.0
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Season 5

10 episodes • 2015

#EpisodeAir DateRating
1Common SenseJan 19, 20150.0
2Left vs. RightJan 19, 20150.0
3MoralityJan 26, 20150.0
4MoneyFeb 2, 20150.0
5ParanormalFeb 9, 20150.0
6MemoryFeb 16, 20150.0
7MisconceptionsFeb 23, 20150.0
8Peer PressureMar 2, 20150.0
9LogicMar 9, 20150.0
10FacesMar 16, 20150.0
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Season 6

6 episodes • 2015

#EpisodeAir DateRating
1Positive ThinkingJun 28, 20150.0
2ScamsJun 28, 20150.0
3SleepJun 28, 20150.0
4PerspectiveJun 28, 20150.0
5Animal vs. HumanJun 29, 20150.0
6ImaginationJun 29, 20150.0
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Season 7

6 episodes • 2016

#EpisodeAir DateRating
1Meet the BrainFeb 14, 20160.0
2The God BrainFeb 21, 20160.0
3Brains Behaving BadlyFeb 28, 20160.0
4Life of the BrainMar 6, 20160.0
5Super SensesMar 13, 20160.0
6The Survivor BrainMar 20, 20160.0
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Season 8

8 episodes • 2020

#EpisodeAir DateRating
1Male Brain vs. Female BrainJan 20, 20200.0
2Ted Danson: Fact or Fiction?Jan 20, 20200.0
3Drew Brees: PerformanceJan 27, 20200.0
4Kids vs. AdultsJan 27, 20200.0
5Jack Black: MusicFeb 10, 20200.0
6Mark Cuban: Power and MoneyFeb 17, 20200.0
7Rebel Wilson: Love and AttractionFeb 24, 20200.0
8Tiffany Haddish: Movie MagicMar 2, 20200.0

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