Human Body: Pushing the Limits

This show covers topics on how the body reacts to moments of extreme stress like being stuck in a cave or running away from forest fires. It is made up of four episodes that all concentrate on a certain aspect of our body when we are "pushed to the limit".

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Status	Ended
Original Name	Human Body: Pushing the Limits
First Air Date	March 2, 2008
Last Air Date	March 9, 2008
Seasons	1
Episodes	4
Episode Runtime	47min
Language	English
Original Language	English
Production Countries	United States of America
Production Companies
Networks	Discovery

S01E04

Brain Power

The driving force behind every one of us is the most powerful organ in the natural world: the human brain. Our central processing unit generates as many electrical impulses in a single day as all the telephones in the world combined. With new state-of-the-art imagery of this complex, mysterious machine, we reveal how our brain accelerates when faced with intense stress or danger and taps into its deepest layers to unlock prehistoric survival instincts.

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