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10 episodes
1. Risk

1. Risk
Dr. Jack meets extreme risk-taker, Matthew Adams. Will tests at the University of Cambridge show that Matthew has a different brain from non-risk taking Jack?
48min
Oct 20, 2021
2. Genius

2. Genius
In this episode Dr. Jack Lewis investigates the neuroscience behind the genius. He meets a genuine genius Sabrina Chevannes a woman with an IQ of 178 at just
48min
Dec 7, 2020
3. Hypnosis

3. Hypnosis
In this episode, we explore the science of persuasion and discover that even a hardened sceptic can be convinced Dr. Jack himself included.
48min
Dec 14, 2020
4. Gut

4. Gut
Jack meets a poker player who has won millions in high-stakes international tournaments using his gut instincts.
48min
Oct 20, 2021
5. Plasticity

5. Plasticity
Dr. Jack meets a man who has defied all odds by miraculously recovering from severe brain damage after a car crash left him lying in a coma for three months.
48min
Dec 21, 2020
6. Twins

6. Twins
Dr. Jack Lewis is on a mission to understand why identical twins are such an asset to science from development in the womb onwards.
48min
Dec 28, 2020
7. Empathy

7. Empathy
We meet an individual who has an extraordinary neurological condition, mirror-touch synaesthesia, allows them to feel the exact sensation or emotion of another.
48min
Jan 4, 2021
8. Music

8. Music
We meet an individual who has an extraordinary neurological condition, mirror-touch synaesthesia, allows them to feel the exact sensation or emotion of another.
48min
Jan 11, 2021
9. Cyborg

9. Cyborg
Dr. Jack meets David Rose who uses a new technology that doesn't work with his paralyzed body it actually taps directly into his mind.
48min
Jan 18, 2021
10. Lying

10. Lying
Dr. Jack Lewis also meets an incredible man who woke from a coma to his brain producing a string of lies, he was confabulating.
48min
Jan 25, 2021
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