Your Brain: Who's in Control? | Full Documentary | NOVA | PBS

Why HN readers recommended it

Recommended in threads on consciousness, anesthesia and perception as a fascinating look at how much of experience the brain constructs.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

NOVA PBS Official

Topic

neuroscience of the subconscious

Format

documentary

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

2

HN mentions in dataset

5

Recommendation years in dataset

2023–2025

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From the original HN conversations

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• The topic, but not this exception, is touched on in “Your Brain: Who's in Control? | Full Documentary | NOVA | PBS“ Episode 2 of a two-part series, premiered May 24, 2023. Both episodes are fascinating and eye opening. 08:36 Anesthesia and the Brain [VIDEO] …

• Perception Deception: Nova [LINK] Your Brain - Who's in control: Nova [VIDEO] Both of these videos are great resources on how much of what you experience of reality is made up or filled in by your brain at any given moment. I believe it's the …

• When talking about vision and what you see and don't I like bringing up the Your Brain: Perception Deception Nova PBS episode. [LINK] Also Your Brain: Who's in control Nova PBS [VIDEO]