Mind Field
Overview:
Explore the surprising things we know (and don’t know) about why people are the way they are through expert interviews, rare footage from historical experiments, and brand-new, ground-breaking demonstrations of human nature at work.
The Cognitive Tradeoff Hypothesis
Season 3 · Episode 1
Moral Licensing
Season 3 · Episode 2
The Stilwell Brain
Season 3 · Episode 3
The Stanford Prison Experiment
Season 3 · Episode 4
Should I Die?
Season 3 · Episode 5
How to Talk to Aliens
Season 3 · Episode 6
Behavior and Belief
Season 3 · Episode 7
Mind Reading
Season 3 · Episode 8
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