This section contains embedded lists that may be poorly defined, unverified or indiscriminate. On January 17, 2020, a ninth season was announced, but production was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Its sneak peek was played on December 29, 2019. In December 2019, it was announced that a new format of this series, hosted by Keegan-Michael Key, would premiere on JanuNeuroscientist Daniel Levitin was brought in as a script consultant for the season to ensure accuracy. The series is deemed acceptable for use toward E/I credits, and Litton Entertainment added repurposed reruns of the show to its One Magnificent Morning block in fall 2017. 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.

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.

Its return as an original series in 2013 set a record for the highest premiere rating for any National Geographic original series with 1.5 million viewers. The series debuted on National Geographic in 2011 as a special. Brain Games is an American popular science television series that explores cognitive science by focusing on illusions, psychological experiments, and counterintuitive thinking.

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