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Royal Institution Christmas Lectures: 2011

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With help from a baby, a robot and a magician, Bruce Hood uncovers what makes us human.

With a little help from a baby, a robot and a magician, Professor Bruce Hood uncovers what makes us truly human in this final lecture.

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.

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Experimental psychologist Professor Bruce Hood delivers three lectures about the brain

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