Mind Field

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S01E08: Do You Know Yourself?

What makes you, you? If even the most basic parts of you, like your memories or your past, can be forgotten or manipulated, how can you know ever really know who “you” are? In this episode of Mind Field I look at how well Do You Know Yourself?

Overview

Explore the surprising things we know (and don’t know) about why people are the way they are through expert interviews, rare footage from historical experiments, and brand-new, ground-breaking demonstrations of human nature at work.

Episodes

Isolation

S01E01 Isolation

January 18, 2017 9.0 30 min
What happens when your brain is deprived of stimulation? What effect does being cut off from interaction with the outside world have on a person? What effect does it have on Michael, when he is...
Conformity

S01E02 Conformity

January 18, 2017 8.0 30 min
We are all unique individuals. We follow the beat of our own drum. We wouldn’t throw our own beliefs out the window just to fit in...or would we? In this episode of Mind Field, I...
Destruction

S01E03 Destruction

January 25, 2017 8.0 30 min
We humans love to build, create, and organize. So why do we also love to destroy things? Can violently breaking stuff really help to calm us down, or does it just make us more angry?...
Artificial Intelligence

S01E04 Artificial Intelligence

February 1, 2017 30 min
So you say you love your computer or smartphone...but can it love you back? As we become more dependent on technology, and our technology becomes more lifelike, where does the line between human and computer...
Freedom of Choice

S01E05 Freedom of Choice

February 8, 2017 30 min
We may value having Freedom of Choice, but are we actually happier when we have limited choices...or even no choice at all? Do we truly have control over our decisions, or are they really predetermined...
Touch

S01E06 Touch

February 15, 2017 30 min
How much of the sensations we feel is determined by our physical bodies? Maybe our minds play a bigger role than we know. I’ll see if people can be tricked into feeling intense physical pain,...
In Your Face

S01E07 In Your Face

February 22, 2017 30 min
How much do we communicate through facial expressions? Are our expressions affected by our moods, or is it the other way around? And what happens to your ability to relate to others when your facial...
Do You Know Yourself?

S01E08 Do You Know Yourself?

March 1, 2017 30 min
What makes you, you? If even the most basic parts of you, like your memories or your past, can be forgotten or manipulated, how can you know ever really know who “you” are? In this...

Cast

Michael Stevens
Michael Stevens
Self - Host

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