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Brain Games

Brain Games

20117.58 Seasons65 EpisodesEnded

Overview

Get ready to have your mind messed with! "Brain Games" is a groundbreaking series that uses interactive experiments, misdirection and tricks to demonstrate how our brains create the illusion of seamless reality through our memory, through our sensory perception, and how we focus our attention.

Created by Elle Key
NetworksNational Geographic

Top Cast

Keegan-Michael Key

Keegan-Michael Key

Himself - Host

Cara Santa Maria

Cara Santa Maria

Self

Themes & Keywords

board gamephotographic memoryperceptionbrain trainingmind gamesbrain stimulationgood brainoptical illusionunwanted attention

About Brain Games

Brain Games is a documentary, comedy, reality series that first aired in 2011 exploring themes of board game, photographic memory, perception, brain training, mind games, brain stimulation. Created by Elle Key, it stars Keegan-Michael Key, Cara Santa Maria. Get ready to have your mind messed with! "Brain Games" is a groundbreaking series that uses interactive experiments, misdirection and tricks to demonstrate how our brains create the illusion of seamless reality through our memory, through our sensory perception, and how we focus our attention.

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