Documentary
The Mind, Explained
2019Narrated by Emma Stone and Julianne Moore · Two seasons, ten episodes
Ever wonder what is happening inside your head? Across two seasons, this series moves from dreaming to anxiety disorders, looking at how memory, attention and other mental processes work.
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Key themes
MemoryDreamsAnxietyMindfulnessPsychedelicsAttention and cognition
Why it belongs here
It covers anxiety, mindfulness and psychedelic experiences alongside how memory and other mental processes work, which makes it a gentle way into the science behind the site's topics.
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