Country of originUnited States First episode date9 October 2011
Original networkNational Geographic Channel Original releaseOctober 9, 2011 (2011-10-09) – present Presented byNeil Patrick Harris, Jason Silva NetworksNational Geographic, National Geographic Society CastJason Silva, Neil Patrick Harris SimilarDuck Quacks Don't Echo, Crowd Control, Going Deep with David Re, Naked Science, I Didn't Know That Profiles FacebookTwitter
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Brain Games is a popular science television series that explores cognitive science by focusing on illusions, psychological experiments, and counterintuitive thinking. Neil Patrick Harris was the unseen narrator in the first season, replaced by Jason Silva for the remainder of the series as its host and presenter; in addition, sleight-of-hand artist Apollo Robbins has been a frequent consultant and illusionist guest on the show. The show is interactive, encouraging television viewers, often along with a handful of live volunteers, to engage in visual, auditory, and other cognitive experiments, or "brain games", that emphasize the main points presented in each episode. The series debuted on the National Geographic Channel in 2011 as a special. It returned in 2013 as a regular series. Its return as an original series in 2013 set a record for the highest premiere rating for any National Geographic Channel original series with 1.5 million viewers.
