{"id":652556,"date":"2013-04-15T13:38:09","date_gmt":"2013-04-15T17:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.ted.com\/?p=74790"},"modified":"2013-04-15T13:38:09","modified_gmt":"2013-04-15T17:38:09","slug":"tedsters-get-ready-to-play-brain-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/652556","title":{"rendered":"TEDsters, get ready to play Brain Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74791\" alt=\"Brain-Games\" src=\"http:\/\/tedconfblog.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/04\/brain-games.jpg?w=900\"   \/>Your brain is three and a half pounds of tissue &#8212; and yet it\u2019s the key to everything you experience. The National Geographic Channel show <a href=\"http:\/\/braingames.nationalgeographic.com\/\"><i>Brain Games<\/i><\/a> seeks to give a better understanding of it \u2013 by looking at how the brain focuses, processes fears, makes decisions and much more. The show is hosted by Jason Silva, the \u201cperformance philosopher\u201d who creates fast-moving films about ideas \u2013 like this exploration of last year\u2019s TEDGlobal theme, \u201cRadical Openness.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-vimeo\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/38260970\" width=\"586\" height=\"330\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><i>Brain Games<\/i> returns to the air next Monday, April 22, with the episode \u201cFocus Pocus.\u201d In the episode, <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ted.com\/2013\/04\/02\/introducing-the-tedglobal-2013-speaker-lineup\/\">TEDGlobal 2013 speaker<\/a> <a href=\"mailto:http:\/\/conferences.ted.com\/TEDGlobal2013\/program\/speakers.php%231616\">Apollo Robbins<\/a>, the \u201cgentleman thief,\u201d joins Silva and psychologist Brian Scholl, director of Yale University\u2019s Perception and Cognition Lab, for a look at how the brain focuses on important details \u2013 or at least, those it thinks are important.<\/p>\n<p>Below, watch Silva talk about how we focus &#8212; and over-extend our focus &#8212; in today\u2019s media landscape:<\/p>\n<p><span class='embed-youtube' style='text-align:center; display: block;'><iframe class='youtube-player' type='text\/html' width='586' height='360' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ine-3hKDYLM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;%23038;fs=1&#038;%23038;showsearch=0&#038;%23038;showinfo=1&#038;%23038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;%23038;wmode=transparent' frameborder='0'><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>And Robbins describes how he uses the brain\u2019s tools of focus for sleight-of-hand and, in the process, makes a pen disappear:<\/p>\n<p><span class='embed-youtube' style='text-align:center; display: block;'><iframe class='youtube-player' type='text\/html' width='586' height='360' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/d54ydsKUNGw?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;%23038;fs=1&#038;%23038;showsearch=0&#038;%23038;showinfo=1&#038;%23038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;%23038;wmode=transparent' frameborder='0'><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/gocomments\/tedconfblog.wordpress.com\/74790\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/comments\/tedconfblog.wordpress.com\/74790\/\" \/><\/a> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/stats.wordpress.com\/b.gif?host=blog.ted.com&#038;blog=14795620&#038;%23038;post=74790&#038;%23038;subd=tedconfblog&#038;%23038;ref=&#038;%23038;feed=1\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/TEDBlog\/~4\/cgHd-DowT9M\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your brain is three and a half pounds of tissue &#8212; and yet it\u2019s the key to everything you experience. The National Geographic Channel show Brain Games seeks to give a better understanding of it \u2013 by looking at how the brain focuses, processes fears, makes decisions and much more. 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