About this season
Michael Mosley embarks on three journeys to understand science's last great frontier - the human mind - as he traces the history of the attempts to understand and manipulate the brain.
Episodes (3)
E1
1. Mind Control
Aired 6 January 2011 • 60 min
Michael Mosley traces the sinister ways science has been used to try to control our minds.
E2
2. Emotions
Aired 13 January 2011 • 60 min
Dr Michael Mosley investigates how scientists have struggled to understand human emotions.
E3
3. Broken Brains
Aired 20 January 2011 • 60 min
A look at how experiments on abnormal brains can reveal the workings of the normal brain.