Episodes

12 episodes in this season

Antonio and Cleopatra

95 min

India of Wonders

110 min

The Different Ages of Sex

99 min

America, History of a Continent

94 min

Trip Around the World

100 min

The Splendors of Ancient Greece

102 min

History on the Plate

100 min

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Discovering the Mind

94 min

The Conquest of the Sky

101 min

E10

The Birth of Civilization

99 min

E11

September 11: 102 Minutes in the Towers

97 min

E12

Venice: a Journey Through the Treasures of the Grand Canal

108 min

Ulisse - The Pleasure of Discovery

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20011h 34m9.2

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Discovering the Mind

Season 11 · Episode 8 · Apr 30, 2011

Alberto Angela guides us on a fascinating journey into our brain: one hundred billion cells that determine the birth of our thoughts, and also of our passions, pain and joy, as well as naturally governing every movement of the body. We go to the Modena Polyclinic to follow the 'first steps' of a human brain, starting with those signals that infants exchange with their mothers and which are a real dialogue made up of facial expressions, like a smile that recalls another . Let's then try to understand what also happens in the brain of a bonobo, given that our DNA is almost identical to that of monkeys. We show you the curious experiments done with a baby bonobo and a 2-year-old child to discover the similarities. Let's try to understand what creativity is and what it means to be brilliant. What happens in the brain of a creative person?

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Ulisse - The Pleasure of Discovery

TV Series

20011h 34m9.2

Documentary

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Discovering the Mind

Season 11 · Episode 8 · Apr 30, 2011

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