Documentaries Tagged “psychology”
Authors@Google: Josh Waitzkin
Authors@Google: Josh Waitzkin
Chess champion Josh Waitzkin visits Google's Mountain View, CA headquarters to discuss his book "The Art of Learning: A Journey in the Pursuit of Excellence." This event took place on April 10, 2008, as part of the Authors@Google series.
Josh Waitzkin is an 8-time National Chess Champion, 13-time Tai Chi Chuan Push Hands National Ch...
BrainSex: Why We Fall in Love?
BrainSex: Why We Fall in Love?
BrainSex – Why We Fall In Love, is an interesting documentary about the science and natural findings as to why humans fall in love.
For centuries, love has been celebrated – and probed – mostly by poets, artists, and balladeers. But now, its mysteries are also yielding to the tools of science, including modern brain scanning machine...
What Is Reality?
What Is Reality?
There is a strange and mysterious world that surrounds us, a world largely hidden from our senses.
The quest to explain the true nature of reality is one of the great scientific detective stories.
Clues have been pieced together from deep within the atom, from the event horizon of black holes, and from the far reaches of the cosm...
Around the World in 80 Faiths
Around the World in 80 Faiths
Anglican vicar Peter Owen-Jones has been given a year’s sabbatical to travel the world with a BBC crew to explore different faiths around the world at the beginning of the 21st century.
Pete Owen Jones presents the definitive guide to faith on earth, with eighty rituals across six continents in the space of a year.
The big six wo...
Beautiful Minds: The Psychology of the Savant
Beautiful Minds: The Psychology of the Savant
In the field of brain research there is no subject more intriguing than the savant – an individual with mental, behavioral, or even physical disability who possesses acute powers of observation, mathematical aptitude, or artistic talent.
This three-part series provides an enthralling look into the psychology and neuroscience of the...
Derren Brown: The System
Derren Brown: The System
The System, a Channel 4 special in which Brown shared his 100 percent guaranteed method for winning on the horses.
The show was based around the idea that a system could be developed to guarantee a winner of horse races. Cameras followed a member of the public, Khadisha, as Brown anonymously sent her correct predictions of five race...