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Your Brain

2023 · 110 min

A curious, accessible tour of the mind that asks you to think about your own thinking.

Directed by
Michael Bicks, Anna Lee Strachan
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Heather Berlin
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How does your brain create your reality? Are you in control, or is your brain controlling you? Discover the surprising answers based on the latest research in this eye-opening journey into the human brain with neuroscientist Heather Berlin. Your brain – for centuries a black box – is slowly giving up its secrets to modern neuroscience, shedding light on big questions that go to the very heart of who you are.

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Directed by
Michael Bicks, Anna Lee Strachan
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Heather Berlin
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    Genres
    documentary
    Directed by
    Michael Bicks, Anna Lee Strachan
    Written by
    Michael Bicks, Anna Lee Strachan
    Starring
    Heather Berlin
    Runtime
    110 min
    Country
    United States of America
    Languages
    English

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