WQED

How Do I Decide?

Every time you are faced with a decision, there is a storm of activity inside your brain as rival networks compete to win.

What happens when messages from two brain networks clash?

Two scenarios that involve very different systems in the brain.

The science behind "gut" and "hunch" decisions.

How the brain’s energy levels can affect a prisoner’s parole hearing.

The brain has a finite amount of willpower to draw on.

How the human brain depends on other brains to thrive and survive.

Journey into the future and ask what’s next for the human brain, and for our species.

Learn how the unconscious brain controls much of who we are and what we do.