Horizon · SEASON 50
The Truth About Personality
Episode 16 · 2013-07-10
- Documentary
Episode overview
Michael Mosley explores the latest science about how our personalities are created - and whether they can be changed. Despite appearances, Mosley is a pessimist who constantly frets about the future. He wants to worry less and become more of an optimist. He tries out two techniques to change this aspect of his personality - with surprising results. And he travels to the frontiers of genetics and neuroscience to find out about the forces that shape all our personalities.
60 minutes
Season 50 episodes
1. The Truth About Looking Young2012-07-23
2. Mission to Mars2012-07-30
3. Eat, Fast and Live Longer2012-08-06
4. How Big Is the Universe?2012-08-27
5. How Small Is the Universe?2012-09-03
6. Defeating the Superbugs2012-09-10
7. The Creative Brain: How Insight Works2013-03-14
8. How to Avoid Mistakes in Surgery2013-03-21
9. The Truth about Taste2013-03-28
10. The Age of Big Data2013-04-04
11. The Secret Life of the Cat2013-06-13
12. Little Cat Diaries2013-06-14
13. Fracking: The New Energy Rush2013-06-19
14. Swallowed by a Black Hole2013-06-26
15. What Makes us Human?2013-07-03
16. The Truth About Personality2013-07-10
