A survey of modern research on the mind in various countries of the world. Covers areas of mind development in children, effects of drugs, dreams, brain structure, the brain and sexuality, reasoning, and the power of the mind in controlling bodily functions. Includes interviews with Sir John Eccles, Donald Hebb and B.F. Skinner. Introduced by Magnus Magnusson, commentary by Marius Goring.
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In ACMI's collection
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
322224
Language
English
Subject categories
Documentary → Documentary films - Great Britain
Feature films → Feature films - Great Britain
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Brain
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Cerebral dominance
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Mind and body
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Mind control
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Nervous system
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Psychology
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)