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Make Me...

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Make Me...: Episode 1: Make Me Smart

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Make Me Smart

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Episode 1: Make Me Smart

BBC One - Make Me..., Make Me Smart

Michael Mosley sets out to find what intelligence is, and where it comes from.

Quirky film in which Michael Mosley sets out to find what intelligence is, and where it comes from. He also tries to boost his brain power in an attempt to pass the Mensa test.

In an unexpectedly quirky and warm film, Michael Mosley sets out to find out what intelligence is, and where it comes from. 

A visit to an international Mensa meeting inspires him to want to join the elite club, and with just weeks before his Mensa test, Michael wants to try techniques to boost his brain. UK memory world champion Ben Pridmore agrees to mentor him, and he tries a groundbreaking neurofeedback technique that has helped eye surgeons improve their performance. 

In an attempt to understand where intelligence comes from, Michael meets America's most intelligent man, a former bouncer, and attends an institute claiming to teach babies to read. 

He participates in an alternative intelligence test, and competes in the world memory championships in Bahrain, but it is the IQ test that really counts; has what he has learned helped him to pass the Mensa test?

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In a new series, Michael Mosley aims to answer some of science's most puzzlng questions.

In a quirky new series with science at its heart, Michael Mosley self-experiments and meets individuals and experts to answer some of science's most puzzlng questions.

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