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The Brain: A Secret History

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Michael Mosley embarks on three journeys to understand science's last great frontier - the human mind - as he traces the history of the attempts to understand and manipulate the brain

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The Brain: A Secret History - Broken Brains

Michael Mosley ends his look at the history of experimental psychology by exploring how experiments on abnormal brains can reveal the workings of the normal brain.

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The Brain: A Secret History - Emotions

Dr Michael Mosley investigates how scientists have struggled to understand that most irrational and deeply complex part of our minds - our emotions.

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The Brain: A Secret History - Mind Control

Michael Mosley traces the sinister ways science has been used to try to control our minds, finding that its pursuit has led to some truly horrific experiments.

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