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[narrator] When your mind wanders like this, it’s usually time traveling
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The Mind, Explained

When your mind wanderslike this, it’s usually time traveling. I'm thinking aboutwhat...

[narrator] When your mind wanders
like this, it’s usually time traveling. [Saranapala] I'm thinking about
what happened in the past

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[narrator] When your mind wanders like this, it’s usually time traveling.
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[Saranapala] I'm thinking about what happened in the past.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
00:07:22
Uploaded
Jun 07, 2025
Season
1
Episode
4
Genres
documentary
Production
Vox Entertainment,Vox Media Studios

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Movie Summary

Ever wonder what's happening inside your head? From dreaming to anxiety disorders, discover how your brain works with this illuminating series.
S01 • E03 Oh, if I make eye contact, I gotta squinch my hands three times. - The Mind, Explained 00:06
Oh, if I make eye contact, I gotta squinch my hands three ti...
S01 • E04 [narrator] And we can see that activity in brain scans, - The Mind, Explained 00:27
[narrator] And we can see that activity in brain scans,
S01 • E03 Just becomes this more elaborate ritual thing. - The Mind, Explained 00:05
Just becomes this more elaborate ritual thing.
S01 • E03 Then... Then I finally, uh, Googled "creepy thoughts that are unwanted." - The Mind, Explained 00:11
Then... Then I finally, uh, Googled "creepy thoughts th...
S01 • E03 [narrator] OCD is famous for its rituals: - The Mind, Explained 00:38
[narrator] OCD is famous for its rituals:
S01 • E05 [Griffiths] There was this unusual kind of cultural consensus - The Mind, Explained 00:08
[Griffiths] There was this unusual kind of cultural consensu...
S01 • E01 One of the things we wanted to do after 9/11 - The Mind, Explained 00:07
One of the things we wanted to do after 9/11
S01 • E05 And even Time Life does a 180 on psychedelics. - The Mind, Explained 00:04
And even Time Life does a 180 on psychedelics.
S01 • E04 That noticing of distraction, - The Mind, Explained 00:10
That noticing of distraction,
S01 • E01 So about half the people were, on average, around Midtown, - The Mind, Explained 00:09
So about half the people were, on average, around Midtown,
S01 • E05 [narrator] The same magazine that had helped introduce psychedelics to America, - The Mind, Explained 00:17
[narrator] The same magazine that had helped introduce psych...
S01 • E04 [narrator] In that moment, when you direct your attention - The Mind, Explained 00:34
[narrator] In that moment, when you direct your attention
S01 • E01 Three years after the attacks, - The Mind, Explained 00:14
Three years after the attacks,
S01 • E05 [narrator] The U.S. placed psychedelics and marijuana - The Mind, Explained 00:38
[narrator] The U.S. placed psychedelics and marijuana
S01 • E03 [narrator] There's a theory that people with anxiety have too little serotonin, - The Mind, Explained 00:21
[narrator] There's a theory that people with anxiety ha...
S01 • E01 Memories are also connected to a sense of place. - The Mind, Explained 00:10
Memories are also connected to a sense of place.
S01 • E01 - I had just gotten home. - Gym class. - The Mind, Explained 00:12
- I had just gotten home. - Gym class.
S01 • E04 [narrator] Today, thousands of schools in dozens of countries - The Mind, Explained 00:10
[narrator] Today, thousands of schools in dozens of countrie...
S01 • E03 [narrator] But that off-kilter chemical soup - The Mind, Explained 00:11
[narrator] But that off-kilter chemical soup
S01 • E01 And if you actually look in the hippocampus, - The Mind, Explained 00:06
And if you actually look in the hippocampus,