National Geographic Channel aired its Emmy-nominated series Brain Games: “Watch This” on Oct. 9, 2011, directed by Jeremiah Crowell and written by Leslie Schwerin. The settings took place in multiple locations in California, starring, Neil Patrick Harris as the narrator, Beau Lotto as himself, Bas Rokers as himself, John Crawford as himself, Jonah Lehrer as himself, Robin Harlan as herself, Sarah Monat-Jacobs as herself, Josh McDermott as himself, Dr. Lera Bordoditsky as herself, Daniel Kish as himself, and Cathy Moss as herself, and two unnamed actors. This film is all about unlocking the senses and perceptions, helping the curious understand how the brain works, and making sense of the world around us. To create mind-bending sensory illusions,
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Crawford’s dancing actors, and Lehrer’s rubber hand experiments prove the Mirror Neuron theory, in which our brain when watching other’s motion is not the sole thing that it does, as a matter of fact, it is convinced that we are doing it too! Harlan and Jacobs’ McGurk Effect theory demonstrates one of the most astonishing parts of the whole show. As Foley artists are people behind a film’s sound effects, they are really amazing in that field that no one even thinks that the sounds in movies are actually not what they are in real life. Nobody thinks that a sound of a cracking neck is actually the snapping of celery, or a sound of an excited dog is actually taped gloves and a collar. It’s a fact that our ears, like our eyes are not always to be trusted because our brain is built to quickly find meaning in the sound. Kish is a blind man who uses the sound of his tongue and echolocation to be able to see. It’s very ironic that he uses his ears to see things around him and he manages it too well. His ability is similar to bats, which also uses echolocation to be able to see at
Crawford’s dancing actors, and Lehrer’s rubber hand experiments prove the Mirror Neuron theory, in which our brain when watching other’s motion is not the sole thing that it does, as a matter of fact, it is convinced that we are doing it too! Harlan and Jacobs’ McGurk Effect theory demonstrates one of the most astonishing parts of the whole show. As Foley artists are people behind a film’s sound effects, they are really amazing in that field that no one even thinks that the sounds in movies are actually not what they are in real life. Nobody thinks that a sound of a cracking neck is actually the snapping of celery, or a sound of an excited dog is actually taped gloves and a collar. It’s a fact that our ears, like our eyes are not always to be trusted because our brain is built to quickly find meaning in the sound. Kish is a blind man who uses the sound of his tongue and echolocation to be able to see. It’s very ironic that he uses his ears to see things around him and he manages it too well. His ability is similar to bats, which also uses echolocation to be able to see at