Review Of Jeremiah Crowell s National Geographic Channel...

Directed by Jeremiah Crowell, National Geographic Channel aired its new show Brain Games: Watch This on Oct. 9, 2011. The settings took place in multiple locations, like a park, beach, movie studio, and dance studio. The show also starred Neil Patrick Harris, as the narrator. The rest of the cast is as follows: Beau Lotto, Bas Rokers, John Crawford, Robin Harlan, Sarah Monat-Jacobs, Josh McDermott, Dr. Lera Boroditsky, Daniel Kish, Cynthia Moss, and the research/experimental volunteers. As far as our perception and senses are concerned, I was amazed at how the director, characters, and the rest of the crew was able to put all aspects to help the curious understand how our brain functions. By way of not completely trusting our senses, it promoted skepticism. In this episode of Brain Games, the characters demonstrated and exposed us to our perception of objects that are different than what they actually are. Considering we discussed perception in our Psychology class, it caught my atte ntion when I first saw the title of this show and thought I’ll check it out. Brain Games: Watch This is a show that hacks the human brain using shapes, sounds, motions, colors, language, senses, sensations that created a mind-blowing sensory illusions and how our brain can mislead us. Our perception of things that are different than what they actually are. Each cast has their own unique expertise in each segment of the show and are experts in their field. For instance, Beau Lotto,