Motion Commotion

This is a show about your brain and how it perceives motion. Evolving in a world that is constantly moving, the human brain had to develop a pretty sophisticated sense of motion in order to survive. This episode stops to ask some deceptively simple questions-What really is motion? Is the movement that you see real? Or is the wiring of your brain's motion detectors merely being fooled? We explore the science behind how your brain detects and interprets motion, and you'll see how easily this hard-wiring can be fooled... for better and for worse.

Release Date: 2011-10-09
Seasons: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
TMDb: 7.4/10
  • Country: US
  • Language: English
  • Runtime: 60

Other episodes for this season

Focus Pocus
Episode 1 - Focus Pocus
It's About Time
Episode 2 - It's About Time
Motion Commotion
Episode 3 - Motion Commotion
Don't Be Afraid
Episode 4 - Don't Be Afraid
Power of Persuasion
Episode 5 - Power of Persuasion
What You Don't Know
Episode 6 - What You Don't Know
Battle of the Sexes
Episode 7 - Battle of the Sexes
Seeing is Believing
Episode 8 - Seeing is Believing
You Decide
Episode 9 - You Decide
Use It or Lose It
Episode 10 - Use It or Lose It
Illusion Confusion
Episode 11 - Illusion Confusion
Liar, Liar
Episode 12 - Liar, Liar