Brain Games (2011)

Season 8

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.

Released Oct. 9, 2011 Episode 32 min 2+

Genres: Comedy, Documentary, Game Show, Reality

Keywords: imdb.optical-illusion, imdb.optics, imdb.nervous-system, imdb.neurology, imdb.perception, imdb.psychology, imdb.brain + 11 more, awards.emmy-award-nominated, tmdb.board-game, tmdb.short-term-memory, tmdb.photographic-memory, tmdb.perception, tmdb.brain-training, tmdb.mind-games, tmdb.brain-stimulation, tmdb.good-brain, tmdb.optical-illusion, tmdb.unwanted-attention

Watch Providers: Disney Plus

Production Companies: Atomic Entertainment, National Geographic

Network: National Geographic

Country: United States
Languages: English

IMDb

8.2

/3720/

Trakt

/373/

TMDb

/72/

Tomatoes

Keegan-Michael Key
Himself - Host

Cara Santa Maria
Self

Jason Silva
Himself - Host

Neil Patrick Harris
Himself - Host

Kristen Bell
Self

Dax Shepard
Self

Ted Danson
Self

Drew Brees
Self

S8E1 - Male Brain vs. Female Brain

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.

Jan. 20, 2020, midnight

S8E2 - Ted Danson: Fact or Fiction?

Actor Ted Danson learns how human brains distinguish fact from fiction in a series of games.

Jan. 20, 2020, midnight

S8E3 - Drew Brees: Performance

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.

Jan. 27, 2020, midnight