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Pulse

Season 1 Episode 2 | 52m 30s

Dive into the world of an ice climber, a bus driver, a woman in labor and a senior dance club to show how the human heart and the circulatory system power our physical and emotional lives and create the pulsing rhythm of our world.

Aired: 05/04/21 | Expires: 06/02/21
Extras
See how the technology of the brain and nervous system shape our experience of the world.
An introduction to the amazing functions of the human body's nervous system.
Pain travels to our brain as neural impulses when something is wrong in our bodies.
Jason is the only person with a prosthetic arm able to sense feeling in the brain.
The brain is mission control of the human body and the nervous system.
See how the technology of the brain and nervous system shape our experience of the world.
All sight is translated into electrical impulses via the retina to the brain.
Explore the incredible world of human sensation and how it defines our reality.
When we lose one of our senses, others fill the void to process the lost information.
Proprioception allows us to recognize where our bodies are physically exist in space.
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