Dr. Vilayanur Ramachandran, an eloquent neuroscientist, is fascinated by patients who have unusual abilities or defects in the way they perceive the world. These include such puzzling phenomena as the phantom pain experienced in a missing, amputated limb, or the inability to recognize a familiar face following a stroke. From these strange cases, Ramachandran is building a novel vision of how the brain works. In "Secrets of the Mind", NOVA dramatizes the intimate stories of Ramachandran's encounters with his extraordinary patients.

NOVA Season 29 Episodes...

• s29e01 - Search For A Safe Cigarette
• s29e02 - 18 Ways To Make A Baby
• s29e03 - Secrets Of The Mind (aka Phantoms in the Brain)
• s29e04 - Sex: Unknown
• s29e05 - Russia's Nuclear Warriors
• s29e06 - Bioterror
• s29e07 - Life's Greatest Miracle
• s29e08 - Methuselah Tree
• s29e09 - Flying Casanovas
• s29e10 - Death Star
• s29e11 - Neanderthals On Trial
• s29e12 - Fireworks!
• s29e13 - Secrets, Lies And Atomic Spies
• s29e14 - The Missing Link
• s29e15 - Shackleton's Voyage Of Endurance
• s29e16 - Why The Towers Fell
• s29e17 - Fire Wars

NOVA Show Summary

Seen in more than 100 countries, NOVA is the most watched science based television series in the world and the most watched documentary series on PBS. It is also one of television's most acclaimed series, having won many major television awards, most of them many times over.