10 Things You Need to Know About Sleep

1: Autism | Growing Children

Child psychologist Laverne Antrobus sets out to discover the different way that the brain works in children with autism and to explore the lates...

2: Brainpower | Growing Babies

Laverne Antrobus investigates foetal and infant neuropsychology as she tries to explain the curiosities of baby cognition and discover how the...

Against the Clock | Body Hits

Dr John Marsden explores the science behind sleep deprivation and stress, including a look at new parents Claire and Ade who have twins, and in...

Are Video Games Really That Bad? | Horizon

Horizon explores the differing opinions on video games. They frequently stand accused of causing violence and addiction in young p...

Autism and Communication | Word of Mouth

Michael Rosen finds out what the rest of society can learn about communication from people on the autism spectrum, by getting an ins...

Autism and emotional processing | Growing Children

The presenter and an autistic individual discuss their interpretation of a portrait painting, showing a difference with em...

Autism and facial expressions | Word of Mouth

Michael Rosen discusses emotional cues and facial expressions with his guests.

Charlotte Church: Inside My Brain

Charlotte Church embarks on a journey to explore the cutting edge of mental health research and learn more about the relationship between o...

Genetic basis of intelligence | Discovery

Professor Robert Plomin explains the twin study method and how it is used to explore the genetic basis of intelligence

Joseph Henrich - Professor of Evolutionary Biology | HARDtalk

Is genetics or cultural conditioning the key to understanding human evolution? Stephen Sackur speaks to Profess...

Lying and truth telling | GrownUpLand

Here are several examples of lying - but is lying always wrong?

Phineas Gage | Mind Changers

Discover the story of Phineas Gage and how his tragic accident led to the idea of localisation of function.

S2E1: Mindbending | Dara O'Briain's Science Club

Dara O Briain and his team of experts explore how much our brains give away about us and discover how illusions and machines...

S2E2:...about Brains | James May's Things You Need to Know

Do you really know what is happening inside your head? James May cranks open your cranium to find out about behavi...

Teenage brain development | Brainwaves

Focusing on role of the pre-frontal cortex and the limbic system in brain development and risk taking behaviour.

The Big Personality Test: Episode 1 | Child of Our Time

Documentary special in which the Child of Our Time children explore their personalities, while Robert Winston and Sop...

The Sally Anne test | Horizon

Professor Uta Frith demonstrates the Sally Anne test which examines a child's theory of mind

The Stages of Life | In Search of Ourselves: A History of Psychology and the Mind

Martin Sixsmith investigates the psychological models that are applied to the different sta...

Video games and aggression | Horizon

Levels of aggression have been shown to increase after playing violent video games.

Video games and attention | Horizon

Professor Daphne Bavelier is researching how playing video games can actually enhance visual attention in the real world.