Brain Games is National Geographic’s Emmy-award winning documentary series that features interactive psychological experiments that encourages viewers to participate in a variety of “brain games” and test their visual and auditory attention, memory, and perceptual skills.
Brain Games initially aired in 2011 as a special and returned in 2013 as an original series. It averaged 1.5 million viewers over the broadcast of the first two episodes, setting a record for the highest premiere rating of any National Geographic original series (source).
Watch this Brain Games clip below featuring Apollo Robbins, a local Las Vegas illusionist and one of the world’s leading experts on pickpockets and deception:
“Apollo Robbins on Persuasion | Brain Games” by National Geographic
Several episodes of Brain Games have been filmed in Las Vegas, NV as well as Eldorado Canyon. Some local Las Vegas talent were hired by the production to assist in a few episodes (read more here and here).
For more information about Brain Games, visit the National Geographic website.