Documentary Description
In a compelling and at times disturbing series, Dr Michael Mosley explores the brutal history of experimental psychology.
To begin, Michael traces the sinister ways this science has been used
to try to control our minds. He finds that the pursuit of mind control
has led to some truly horrific experiments and left many casualties in
its wake. Extraordinary archive captures what happened - scientists
systematically change the behaviour of children; law abiding citizens
give fatal electric shocks; a gay man has electrodes implanted in his
head in an attempt to turn his sexuality.
Michael takes a hallucinogenic drug as part of a controlled
experiment to try to understand 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.
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