Royal Institution Christmas Lectures Season 2011 Episode 3 - Meet Your Brain: Are You Thinking What I'm Thinking?

Airdate: 2011-Dec-29

Episode summary:

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.

About Royal Institution Christmas Lectures series:

Each year a renowned name in the world of education leads a series of televised lectures all around one topic.