Catch Brain Games on Nat Geo

Last Monday, a new season of Brain Games began on the National Geographic channel. Viewers have a lot to look forward to this season – particularly those in their upper teens and beyond. This fun and creative show seeks to reveal how our brains work, and in the process, folks can learn some fun tricks. The show airs Mondays at 9:00 ET or 9:30 PT.

Saturday afternoon I had the opportunity to test a few of the tricks that will be featured on Brain Games at a free event in Tysons Corner Center. One of them revealed the mystery behind some levitating buskers my family had stared at last Summer in London! My daughter was proud to try her own hand at levitating, and I was just glad she didn’t really get carried away!

My son has his sights on the show because he’s an aspiring magician. I’m excited because it’s television I can watch that likely won’t make me any dumber! (A low bar, for sure, but one I like my television programming to achieve.)

Next week’s episode features the science behind trust. I’m guessing I’ll land in the column of people who trust others too easily. But maybe I’ll be a little more skeptical after I see the show!

Elaine spends most of her free time training to run a half marathon so she can be better suited to chasing her children, who seem to be getting faster daily! She writes about this at Connor and Helen Grow Up!

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About the Author: Elaine

In 1997, Elaine landed in DC where she put her public policy degree to work. She didn't know at the time she'd eventually own a home in the suburbs, be married to a government employee, and have two incredible children. But then, she’s heard that from a lot of moms at the playgrounds around Arlington. As a part-time worker, Elaine contributes to the Tax Policy Center's blog TaxVox and has recently agreed to produce a regular commentary for the blogtalk radio program, Shared Sacrifice. When she's not at work, she maintains her own blog to bridge the distance between far away family and herself and to alleviate the guilt associated with never even purchasing a baby book for either of her children. She believes in the power of long walks, vacationing, and forgetting about the clock. She's got her eye on the Fall of 2011 when her youngest child will surely be ready for her first international vacation. Prior to becoming a mom, she was an avid potter and chocolate maker and hopes someday to return to both of these hobbies. In the meantime, she feels incredibly lucky to have found such an incredible community of women bloggers in the DC area. Prior to its closure, Elaine enjoyed a brief period writing for DCMetroMoms.