Episode of Series “The Nature of things”.
This program examines the functions of the two halves of the human brain and current research being carried out by Canadian and American medical scientists. In addition to research into the nature of the split brain to find out what it controls before operating on it, we also see how different educational techniques in primitive and sophisticated societies may favour development of one hemisphere over the other. Presented and narrated by David Suzuki.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
014970
Language
English
Subject categories
Animals & Wildlife → Biological research
Documentary → Documentary films - Canada
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Science - Study and teaching
Educational & Instructional → Instructional
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Brain
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Cerebral dominance
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Human physiology
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Medical sciences
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Physiology
History → Science and civilization
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Biological research
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Cerebral dominance
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Medical sciences
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Science - Study and teaching
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Science and civilization
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)