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It's Okay to Be Smart
The Weird Way That Movies Trick Your Brain
Season 9
Episode 19
Movies. Video games. YouTube videos. All of them work because we accidentally figured out a way to fool your brain’s visual processing system, and you don’t even know it’s happening. In this video, I talk to neuroscientist David Eagleman about the secret illusions that make the moving picture possible.
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