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Royal Institution Christmas Lectures: 2011

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Royal Institution Christmas Lectures: 2011: Episode 2: Who's in Charge Here Anyway?

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Episode 2: Who's in Charge Here Anyway?

Who's in Charge Here Anyway?

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Bruce Hood tests the limits of human memory and finds out how the brain takes shortcuts.

Professor Bruce Hood tests the limits of the memory, finding out how humans learn, how the brain takes shortcuts and why multitasking can be dangerous.

The brain is constantly being bombarded with information, so how does it decide what to trust and what to ignore, without the person even being aware of it? Professor Bruce Hood gives the second of this year's Christmas Lectures - testing the limits of the memory, finding out how humans learn, how the brain takes shortcuts and why multitasking can be dangerous. Bruce makes people say the wrong thing and fail to see what is right in front of them. Can one really believe one's eyes? Possibly not.

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Experimental psychologist Professor Bruce Hood delivers three lectures about the brain

Renowned experimental psychologist Professor Bruce Hood delivers three demonstration-packed lectures entitled Meet Your Brain

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