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Royal Institution Christmas Lectures

2011

Episode 3: Are You Thinking What I'm Thinking?

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Have you ever seen a face in a piece of burnt toast, or given your car a name? Why do you feel pain when someone else is hurt? Why are people so obsessed with other people? In the last of this year's Christmas Lectures, Professor Bruce Hood investigates how our brains are built to read other people's minds. With a little help from a baby, a robot and a magician, Bruce uncovers what makes us truly human. Show less

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