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Is Your Brain Too Old For Video Games?

Season 4 Episode 33 | 6m 25s

Video games are still on the rise. Can you take the heat?

Aired: 05/22/16
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Learn about Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor and Nobel Peace Prize-winning author of Night.
Historian Annette Gordon-Reed. The American Revolution premieres November 16.
Historian Stephen Conway. The American Revolution premieres November 16.
Historian Christopher Brown. The American Revolution premieres November 16.
Historian Stephen Conway on the psychological impact of Saratoga on the British.
Step behind the scenes of Ken Burns’s new film to see how The American Revolution came to life.
The filmmakers on how understanding the people of the Revolution can help us understand who we are.
Filmmakers discuss how they used stories of both well-known and lesser known figures.
The filmmakers discuss how the story of The American Revolution came together.
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