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Neuroscientist Dean Buonomano illuminates the causes and consequences of the brain's imperfections in terms of its innermost workings and its evolutionary purposes. He then examines how our brains function--and malfunction--in the digital, predator-free, information-saturated, special-effects-addled world we have built for ourselves.

Uses interactive experiments, tricks, and people with extraordinary brains to reveal discoveries about attention, sensory perception, and memory.

National Geographic has reimagined the game and added a Hollywood twist to the classic mind-bending format. Hosted by Keegan-Michael Key, this new season challenges some of the world's biggest celebrities to realize their special brain power through fun and highly entertaining interactive games, illusions and social experiments that will reveal the 'why' behind the 'wow.'

"[This] three-part series provides a fascinating window into the inner workings of the brain as never before. Through interactive experiments and tricks, [the programs] reveal how our brains create the illusion of a seamless reality. As these revealing experiments provide a unique view into our brains, the world's leading experts explain how and why these tests work." -- Container. Bonus program: How to build a beating heart: "Scientists are using...