Redesign My Brain

Michael Merzenich, a trail blazer in the neuroplasticity revolution, teaches Todd to turbo-charge his attention, memory, and thinking speed, leading to improved cognition.

A team of specialists train Todd's brain to be more creative, innovative and think more laterally, before he is put to the test in an art challenge.

Todd Sampson is faced with his greatest fear: being chained, handcuffed, blindfolded and submerged underwater with only his upgraded brain to assist in his escape.

Todd discovers how to become more adaptable, and is challenged to climb up a 120m rock face in Utah's Moab Desert blindfolded.

Todd sets out to improve his sensory perception. To test that his senses of sight, hearing, and touch have improved, he attempts to open a safe with a million different combinations in under an hour.

Todd uses his prior brain training to demonstrate that it can overcome fears. He attempts the ultimate challenge of walking between two skyscrapers 21 storeys high, a world first for someone new to wire walking.