Plot Synopsis

Host and entrepreneur Todd Sampson explores the concept of brain plasticity, as he works to take his brain from average joe to memory champion -- in just a few months. The cutting-edge science behind brain plasticity has found that anyone at any age can become smarter, improve their memory, and reverse mental aging with proper training, including playing a few simple brain games every day to get the mind in shape. In each one-hour episode of this three-part special, Todd learns how to improve different aspects of his brain, including: his cognition, as leading brain scientists show him how to turbocharge his thinking speed, attention and memory; his creativity and innovation, as he trains his brain to attempt a huge creative art challenge; and his emotional responses, as he learns the secrets of body intelligence and then faces his fears by doing the Houdini Challenge -- being chained, handcuffed and blindfolded underwater. Almost one year after this series premiered in Australia (airing as REDESIGN MY BRAIN), Science Channel aired the U.S. premiere of HACK MY BRAIN on Friday, September 19, 2014 at 8pm ET/PT, showing all three episodes back to back.