Mind Field
{{short description|Documentary web television series on neuropsychology}}
{{About|the YouTube Originals series|other uses|Mindfield (disambiguation){{!}}Mindfield}}
{{Infobox television
| image = Mind Field title card.png
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| genre = {{Plainlist|
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| creator = Michael Stevens
| presenter = Michael Stevens
| starring =
| theme_music_composer = Jake Chudnow
| composer = {{Plainlist|
- Jake Chudnow
- Russell Spurlock
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| country = United States
| language = English
| num_seasons = 3
| num_episodes = 26
| list_episodes =
| executive_producer = {{Plainlist|
- Michael Stevens
- Eli Holzman
- Aaron Saidman
- Claire Kosloff
- David Wechter
- Johnny Fountain
- Nathan Oliver
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| producer = {{Plainlist|
- Phillip Barbb
- Travis Dowell
- Jen Friesen
- Andy Wood
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| cinematography = Matthew Novello
| editor = {{Plainlist|
- Gerry Becerril
- John French
- Anita Hadulla
- Petey Hentrich
- Tom Munden
- Jesse Soff
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| camera = Andrew Burks
| runtime = 21–34 minutes
| company = {{Plainlist|
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| network = YouTube Premium
| channel =
| released =
| first_aired = {{Start date|2017|01|18}}
| last_aired = {{End date|2019|10|24}}
}}
Mind Field is an American streaming television series produced exclusively for YouTube Premium, created and presented by Michael Stevens, the creator of the YouTube channel Vsauce. The format of the series is based heavily on that of Vsauce, with Stevens presenting documentary-style episodes which focus on aspects of human behavior, particularly the brain and the influences of consciousness.{{Cite news|url=https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article215157080.html|title=Ever wanted to be a part of a brain? Here's your chance|last=Stark|first=Cortlynn|date=July 20, 2018|work=The Kansas City Star}}{{Cite web|url=https://innotechtoday.com/vsauces-michael-stevens/|title=Vsauce's Michael Stevens Asks If You'd Kill Five People Or Just One|date=2017-12-07|website=Innovation & Tech Today|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-16}} Every episode contains one or more experiments, in which either volunteers or Stevens himself participates, that relates to the topic of the episode.{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtv/article/MIND-FIELD-Revisits-The-Stanford-Prison-Experiment-in-New-Episode-20181219|title=MIND FIELD Revisits The Stanford Prison Experiment in New Episode|website=BroadwayWorld}}{{Cite web|url=https://boingboing.net/2018/02/26/vsauce-went-to-peru-to-experie.html|title=Vsauce went to Peru to experience ayahuasca|website=Boing Boing|date=26 February 2018 |language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-16}} For example, in episode one, Stevens locks himself in an empty room for three days in order to investigate the effects of social isolation on the brain.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tubefilter.com/2017/01/12/vsauce-trailer-youtube-red-mind-field/|title=Vsauce Drops Trailer For YouTube Red Series 'Mind Field', Premiering Jan. 18|date=2017-01-12|website=Tubefilter|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-16}}
Three seasons of Mind Field have been released on Vsauce, each one with eight episodes. The first season ran in early 2017, the second season from late 2017 to early 2018, and the third from late 2018 to early 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZRRxQcaEjA7LX19uAySGlc9hmprBxfEP |title=Mind Field Season 3|last=|first=|date=|website=www.youtube.com|language=en|access-date=2019-02-17}}{{Cite AV media|publisher=Vsauce|title=Mind Field - Official Trailer|date=2017-01-11|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAPqEAWW9lc |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/GAPqEAWW9lc |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|accessdate=2017-06-04|type=YouTube video}}{{cbignore}} On October 1, 2019, all episodes became watchable with ads for free for those without YouTube Premium. On October 24, 2019, a special episode entitled "What Is the Scariest Thing?" was released.{{Cite AV media|publisher=Vsauce|title=What Is The Scariest Thing?|date=2019-10-24|url=https://youtube.com/watch?v=9Vmwsg8Eabo |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/9Vmwsg8Eabo |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|accessdate=2020-02-01|type=YouTube video}}{{cbignore}}
Episodes
=Season 1 (2017)=
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 1
| Title = Isolation
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|01|18}}
| ShortSummary = Stevens explores the effects of isolation and boredom on the brain including staying three days in a room with no external stimuli.
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| EpisodeNumber = 2
| Title = Conformity
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|01|18}}
| ShortSummary = Stevens explores the human instinct to conform and fall in with the crowd including conducting an experiment on individuals when actors give the wrong answer to questions.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 3
| Title = Destruction
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|01|25}}
| ShortSummary = Can destroying things really make someone calm down? Stevens investigates including making people agitated and then giving them objects to destroy, and comparing them with a control.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 4
| Title = Artificial Intelligence
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|02|1}}
| ShortSummary = Stevens attempts to find out where the line between real and artificial minds really lies.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 5
| Title = Freedom of Choice
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|02|8}}
| ShortSummary = Stevens is joined by Moran Cerf, Dianna Cowern and Derek Muller to investigate whether we really have control over our own thoughts and actions, or is someone or something else calling the shots?
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 6
| Title = Touch
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|02|15}}
| ShortSummary = Stevens investigates whether it is really our bodies or our minds that determine the way we interpret and feel sensations.
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| EpisodeNumber = 7
| Title = In Your Face
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|02|22}}
| ShortSummary = Stevens explores the effects of facial expressions on interactions with others and with yourself, and whether moods determine facial expressions or the other way around.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 8
| Title = Do You Know Yourself?
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|03|1}}
| ShortSummary = Stevens investigates how well memories can be easily manipulated, and how this impacts people's lives.
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=Season 2 (2017–18)=
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| EpisodeNumber = 1
| Title = The Greater Good
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|12|6}}
| ShortSummary = Stevens conducts a trolley problem experiment.
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| EpisodeNumber = 2
| Title = The Psychedelic Experience
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|12|6}}
| ShortSummary = Stevens travels to the Amazonian jungle of Peru to experience the mind-expanding effects of the psychedelic brew Ayahuasca.
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| EpisodeNumber = 3
| Title = Interrogation
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|12|6}}
| ShortSummary = Stevens consults experts on the topic of interrogation and manipulation. Stevens tries his best not to spill out two important details (his sister's name and about his job) while the officer interrogates him by giving him slight doses of drugs. The amount of drugs is increased until Michael finally tells the truth.
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| EpisodeNumber = 4
| Title = Your Brain on Tech
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|12|6}}
| ShortSummary = Stevens takes part in a study at the University of California, Irvine, where scientists test how playing 3D video games affects spatial memory.
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| EpisodeNumber = 5
| Title = How to Make a Hero
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|12|13}}
| ShortSummary = Stevens studies how people respond to unethical orders or jobs, and later tests Heroic Imagination Project students on heroism and the bystander effect.
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| EpisodeNumber = 6
| Title = The Power of Suggestion
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|12|17}}
| ShortSummary = Stevens participates in McGill University's groundbreaking study of an accessory-assisted placebo.
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| EpisodeNumber = 7
| Title = Divergent Minds
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|12|27}}
| ShortSummary = Stevens speaks with Derek Paravicini, a savant pianist, and explores how damage to the brain can lead to discoveries about its function.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 8
| Title = The Electric Brain
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|01|03}}
| ShortSummary = Stevens studies the effect of electricity on the brain, and how it can help paralyzed patients recover mobility and communication.
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= Season 3 (2018–19) =
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| EpisodeNumber = 1
| Title = The Cognitive Tradeoff Hypothesis
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|12|5}}
| ShortSummary = Stevens examines how chimpanzees' short-term memory is far more detailed than that of humans.
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| EpisodeNumber = 2
| Title = Moral Licensing
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|12|5}}
| ShortSummary = Stevens examines self-licensing.
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| EpisodeNumber = 3
| Title = The Stilwell Brain
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|12|12}}
| ShortSummary = Stevens visits his hometown (Stilwell, Kansas) and demonstrates how a brain processes visual information with the residents sending information to each other.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 4
| Title = The Stanford Prison Experiment
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|12|19}}
| ShortSummary = Stevens talks about and studies the infamous experiment conducted by Philip Zimbardo and conducts his own experiment with similar variables but a less intimidating context.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 5
| Title = Should I Die?
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|12|26}}
| ShortSummary = Stevens talks with Caitlin Doughty about death and visits a facility that preserves bodies.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 6
| Title = How to Talk to Aliens
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|01|02}}
| ShortSummary = Stevens examined the ways to communicate with the extraterrestrial beings.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 7
| Title = Behavior and Belief
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|01|09}}
| ShortSummary = Stevens conducts a game show demonstrating Our Beliefs that connects a happening in the World and discusses about human Superstition.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 8
| Title = Mind Reading
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|01|16}}
| ShortSummary = Stevens participates in an experiment that involves figuring out what people are thinking, and also talks with researchers who are conducting experiments to read people's dreams.
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= Special episodes (2018-2019) =
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| EpisodeNumber = 1
| Title = The Origins of Disgust
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|12|5}}
| ShortSummary = In a clip that ultimately did not make it to the season 3 episode "the Cognitive Tradeoff Hypothesis", Stevens explores whether disgust is an evolutionary product as he, alongside Dr. Andrew Macintosh and Cecile Sarabian, experiment with Japanese macaques to see if they are repulsed by feces.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 2
| Title = I Watch 3 Episodes of Mind Field With Our Experts & Researchers
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|10|14}}
| ShortSummary = Stevens watches S2-E6 ("The Power of Suggestion"), S3-E5 ("Should I Die?"), and S2-E4 ("Your Brain on Tech") with various experts on the subjects.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 3
| Title = What Is the Scariest Thing?
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|10|24}}
| ShortSummary = Stevens talks about fear and if there exists an innate fear of which all people are afraid.
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References
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