Synopsis
Dara O Briain and his team of experts explore how much our brains give away about us and discover how illusions and machines can be used to manipulate the mind.
- Programme: Dara O'Briain's Science Club
- Series: 2
- Episode: 1: Mindbending
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2013
- Science
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