Mind Field

Mind Field
Mind Field title card
Genre
Presented by Michael Stevens
Theme music composer Jake Chudnow
Opening theme "Atlas"[1]
Composer(s)
  • Jake Chudnow
  • Russell Spurlock
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 2
No. of episodes 16
Production
Executive producer(s)


Producer(s)
  • Phillip Barbb
  • Travis Dowell
  • Jen Friesen
  • Andy Wood
  • Alesia Cook (casting director)
Cinematography Matthew Novello
Editor(s)
  • Gerry Becerril
  • John French
  • Anita Hadulla
  • Petey Hentrich
  • Tom Munden
  • Jesse Soff
Camera setup Andrew Burks
Running time 20-35 minutes
Production company(s)
Distributor YouTube Red
Release
Original network YouTube Red
Picture format 4K (Ultra HD)
Audio format Stereo
Original release January 18, 2017 (2017-01-18) – present

Mind Field is an American web television series produced exclusively for YouTube Premium, created and presented by Michael Stevens, the creator of the YouTube channel Vsauce. The first two episodes premiered on the main Vsauce channel on January 18, 2017, followed by weekly episodes up until March 1, 2017. The second season began airing December 6, 2017.[2] On July 16, 2018, Stevens revealed a third season had been commissioned in a casting call on Instagram. [3]

Stevens officially unveiled the show by releasing a trailer onto the Vsauce channel on January 11, 2017, one week before the series premiered.[4]

The format of the series is based heavily on Vsauce with Stevens presenting documentary-style episodes which focus on an interesting aspects of human behavior, particularly the brain and the influences of consciousness. Every episode contains an experiment, in which either volunteers or Stevens himself participates, that relates to the topic of the episode. For example, in episode one, Stevens locks himself in an empty room for three days in order to investigate the effects of solitary confinement on the brain.

The first two seasons of eight episodes have been fully released.[5] [6]

Episodes

Season 1

No.TitleOriginal
release date
1"Isolation"January 18, 2017 (2017-01-18)
Stevens explores the effects of isolation and boredom on the brain by living three days in a constantly bright room with no stimuli from the outside world.
2"Conformity"January 18, 2017 (2017-01-18)
Stevens explores the human instinct to conform and fall in with the crowd by conducting an experiment on groups of people in which everyone gives the wrong answer to questions except one who is not in on what is happening.
3"Destruction"January 25, 2017 (2017-01-25)
Can destroying things really make you calm down? Stevens investigates by making people mad and then giving them stuff to smash up, and comparing them with those who are not given stuff to smash up.
4"Artificial Intelligence"February 1, 2017 (2017-02-01)
Stevens attempts to find out just where exactly the line between real and artificial minds really lies.
5"Freedom of Choice"February 8, 2017 (2017-02-08)
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?
6"Touch"February 15, 2017 (2017-02-15)
Stevens investigates whether it is really our bodies or our minds that determine the way we interpret and feel sensations.
7"In Your Face"February 22, 2017 (2017-02-22)
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.
8"Do You Know Yourself?"March 1, 2017 (2017-03-01)
If your memories and your past can be so easily manipulated, how do you know what really makes up you? Is what you know about you really you? Stevens investigates how well we really know ourselves.

Season 2

No.TitleOriginal
release date
1"The Greater Good"December 6, 2017 (2017-12-06)
Stevens conducts a trolley problem experiment.
2"The Psychedelic Experience"December 6, 2017 (2017-12-06)
Stevens travels to the Amazonian jungle of Peru to experience the mind-expanding effects of the psychedelic brew Ayahuasca.
3"Interrogation"December 6, 2017 (2017-12-06)
Stevens consults experts on the topic of interrogation and manipulation.
4"Your Brain on Tech"December 6, 2017 (2017-12-06)
Stevens takes part in a groundbreaking study at the University of California, Irvine, where scientists test how playing 3D video games affects spatial memory.
5"How to Make a Hero"December 13, 2017 (2017-12-13)
Stevens studies how people respond to unethical orders or jobs, and later tests Heroic Imagination Project students on heroism and the bystander effect.
6"The Power of Suggestion"December 17, 2017 (2017-12-17)
Stevens participates in McGill University’s groundbreaking study of an accessory-assisted placebo.
7"Divergent Minds"December 27, 2017 (2017-12-27)
Stevens speaks with Derek Paravicini, a savant pianist, and explores how damage to the brain can lead to discoveries about its function.
8"The Electric Brain"January 3, 2018 (2018-01-03)
Stevens studies the effect of electricity on the brain, and how it can help paralyzed patients recover mobility and communication.

References

  1. ↑ Jake Chudnow's YouTube channel (2017-02-22), Jake Chudnow - "Atlas" (Theme from Mind Field), retrieved 2017-06-23
  2. ↑ "Mind Field Playlists - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2017-12-06.
  3. ↑ "electricpants - Instagram".
  4. ↑ Vsauce (2017-01-11), Mind Field - Official Trailer, retrieved 2017-06-04
  5. ↑ "Mind Field - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2017-06-04.
  6. ↑ http://www.tubefilter.com/2017/12/04/michael-stevens-vsauce-mind-field-season-two/
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