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The Brain – A Secret History ep01 Mind Control Thu 6 Jan 2011 21:00 BBC FourIn a compelling and at times disturbing series, Dr Michael Mosley explores thebrutal history of experimental psychology.To begin, Michael traces the sinister ways this science has been used to try tocontrol our minds. He finds that the pursuit of mind control has led to sometruly horrific experiments and left many casualties in its wake. Extraordinaryarchive captures what happened – scientists systematically change the behaviourof children; law abiding citizens give fatal electric shocks; a gay man haselectrodes implanted in his head in an attempt to turn his sexuality.Michael takes a hallucinogenic drug as part of a controlled experiment to try tounderstand how its mind-bending properties can change the brain.This is a scientific journey goes to the very heart of what we hold most dear -our free will, and our ability to control our own destiny.———-The Brain – A Secret History ep02 EmotionsThu 13 Jan 2011 21:00 BBC FourDr Michael Mosley continues his exploration of the brutal history of experimentalpsychology. Experiments on the human mind have led to profound insights into how ourbrain works – but have also involved great cruelty and posed some terrible ethicaldilemmas.In this film, Michael investigates how scientists have struggled to understand thatmost irrational and deeply complex part of our minds – our emotions.Michael meets survivors – both participants and scientists – of some of the keyhistorical experiments. Many of these extraordinary research projects were captured onfilm – a baby boy is taught to fear random objects, baby monkeys are given mothers madefrom wire and cloth, and an adult is deliberately violent before a group of toddlers.Michael takes part in modern day experiments to play his own small part in the quest tounderstand emotions.———-The Brain – A Secret History ep03 Broken BrainsThu 20 Jan 2011 21:00 BBC FourDr Michael Mosley concludes his series exploring the brutal history of experimentalpsychology by looking at how experiments on abnormal brains have revealed the workingsof the normal brain.He meets remarkable individuals like Karen, who suffered from a rare condition – alienhand syndrome – which meant that one of her hands constantly attacked her. And Julia,who seems to have recovered from her stroke – until experiments reveal she is unable torecall the name of any object.Michael explores the case of an amnesiac known for years only by his initials, HM, whobecame the most studied individual in the history of psychology and whose extraordinarycase opened a window on how our memory works. He visits the multi-million dollar centrewhich has been set up since HM died to map his unique brain down to the level of anindividual neuron.