Mind Field

tv show

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24 total episodes

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3 seasons

It's all in your head.

First Aired January 18, 2017

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.

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Behavior and Belief

Season 3 - Episode 7 - 1h 30m

Air Date

January 09, 2019

Overview

How can a lie become true? In this episode, Dr. Aaron Blaisdell and I create a game show that is actually a giant "human Skinner Box" to observe the formation of superstitious beliefs. And Dr. Samuel Veissière helps me design and perform a placebo reverse exorcism, harnessing the power of belief in both science and religion to convince normal people that a spirit has possessed their bodies.