Episode
60 Minutes: Mind Reading, Is It Murder?, The Mad Scientist of Football
Overview
Mind reading with a scientific spin. What studies have found by looking into our brains. Lesley Stahl reports. Bob Simon reports on drunk driving and new campaigns that include longer prison sentences and even charges of murder. Finally, Scott Pelley with Texas Tech coach, Mike Leach.
Details
- Series
- 60 Minutes
- Season
- Season 41
- Episode
- Episode 15
- Air date
- 2009-01-04
- Runtime
- 44 min
Episode context
Mind Reading, Is It Murder?, The Mad Scientist of Football is Episode 15 in Season 41 of 60 Minutes. It aired on 2009-01-04. The runtime is 44 min.
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