TV-14Synopsis
The Mind, Explained (2019), Season 1 is a popular-science documentary you can watch online on iFILM — five short episodes, one corner of the brain each.
The set moves topic to topic: how memory files things away and sometimes fails us, why we dream, where anxiety comes from — with comedian Maria Bamford speaking candidly about her OCD — what meditation does to the body, and what a brain does on psychedelics. Emma Stone narrates while neuroscientists and researchers, Robert Sapolsky and Michael Pollan among them, lay out the science.
Produced by Vox for Netflix in the outlet's signature style: charts, motion graphics, one clear idea unpacked in twenty minutes. Less a lecture than a tidy doorway into how your own thoughts work. Watch The Mind, Explained Season 1 online on iFILM.
5 episodes
S1·E1Memory
How does remembering work? Delve into the way the brain stores, processes and retrieves memories -- and why certain ones sometimes prove unreliable.
S1·E2Dreams
Why do we dream? When the lights go out, interesting things happen in the brain and body. What’s the significance of dreams, and what can they teach us?
S1·E3Anxiety
Feeling anxious? You're not alone. Stand-up comedian Maria Bamford shares her personal experience with OCD in this examination of anxiety disorders.
S1·E4Mindfulness
Take a deep, cleansing breath and slowly exhale while being enlightened on the impact meditation can have on your mind and body.
S1·E5Psychedelics
What happens to a brain on psychedelics? Turn on, tune in and drop out on this trip to explore the history and effects of mind-altering substances.
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