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# The Weird Way That Movies Trick Your Brain
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/its-okay-be-smart/episode/the-weird-way-that-movies-trick-your-brain-vckzvd/
- Published: 2024-04-02T23:16:50.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-20T09:55:30.000Z
- Description: Neuroscientist David Eagleman talks about illusions that make the moving picture possible.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Be Smart, Season 9, Episode 19, #ZZZ_Episode_1acc9e2d-5856-4d62-9356-174c994cddc9, #episode, #ZZZ_Show_dc38a6e9-266e-43c1-b647-45e7445fad27, #v1.16

Movies. Video games. YouTube videos. All of them work because we accidentally figured out a way to fool your brain’s visual processing system, and you don’t even know it’s happening. In this video, I talk to neuroscientist David Eagleman about the secret illusions that make the moving picture possible.