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Plastic Fantastic Brain is a two part program that explores the truth behind medical marvels and cutting-edge technology that could help improve physical and mental capabilities. Part 1 tells the story of individuals whose brains adapted and created new connections to overcome extraordinary circumstances. Meet a woman who lives a fulfilling life with only half a brain, and a blind professor who learns to see using his tongue.
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This film is the second part of a two-part documentary. Cognitive neuroscientists study two men: Rick Baron, who has a superior autobiographical memory, and can recall an unusually high amount of details of his life, and Luigi De Santi, an amnesiac man who has lost 32 years of memories following an accident. Technologies such as the fMRI and SenseCam are utilized.
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This program features Australian Institute of Sport expert Dr. David Martin as he teaches host Todd Sampson the X-factor that turns ordinary folks into champions. Todd improves his mind-body connection, the ability to visualize, and his emotional intelligence. He then faces his greatest fear-being chained, handcuffed, and blindfolded underwater-with only his improved brain to help him do a death-defying escape.
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Thanks to our brain, we have access to things that we have experienced in the past. It's like having our own personal photo and video album, which we can view and replay whenever we want. From the time we were born, we have been collecting several memories and learning various skills. Over time, all these new things we've absorbed make up who we are-even the dreams we experience when we sleep! The combination of all of these things creates our unique...
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This program features a team of experts that coach host Todd Sampson to increase his creativity and overcome limiting mindsets. On his way to attempting a large-scale art-challenge, Todd learns to use divergent and lateral thinking and discovers the secret of what makes something innovative.
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See Australian television personality Todd Sampson (Gruen Nation) put brain training to the test as he undergoes a radical brain makeover in a three-part documentary series on the revolutionary new science of brain plasticity. Under the guidance of the world's top neuroscientists, Todd will learn to master nine mental skills in the quest to accomplish a remarkable super-human feat proving his transformation.
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Marian Diamond's research indicates that given the right conditions, the brain continues to grow all during life and not just in the early years. In this program, Dr. Diamond presents a summary of her research and its practical implications in her cordial, accessible manner. Topics include research into the genetic components of Alzheimer's disease, the exciting discoveries that the brain can generate new neurons, her research into the brain's role...
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