Brain Story All in the Mind
Professor Susan Greenfield, a leading neuroscientist from Oxford University introduces the human brain in the first of this six part documentary by the BBC.
Why do we think and feel as we do? For years man has sought to understand the workings of the mind. Now, with advances in modern-day technology and developments in neuroscience, a whole new world of brain research is opening up. Understanding our minds is becoming a reality. Guided by top neuroscientist Susan Greenfield, Brain Story attempts to answer the question "What is my mind and who am I?" We talk to philosophers, clinicians, neurosurgeons and their patients to discover quite what a finely balanced and complex machine the brain is.
Primary Title
- Brain Story
Episode Title
- All in the Mind
Date Broadcast
- Tuesday 18 July 2000
Start Time
- 21 : 00
Finish Time
- 22 : 00
Duration
- 60:00
Episode
- 1
Channel
- BBC Two
Broadcaster
- British Broadcasting Corporation
Programme Description
- Why do we think and feel as we do? For years man has sought to understand the workings of the mind. Now, with advances in modern-day technology and developments in neuroscience, a whole new world of brain research is opening up. Understanding our minds is becoming a reality. Guided by top neuroscientist Susan Greenfield, Brain Story attempts to answer the question "What is my mind and who am I?" We talk to philosophers, clinicians, neurosurgeons and their patients to discover quite what a finely balanced and complex machine the brain is.
Episode Description
- Professor Susan Greenfield, a leading neuroscientist from Oxford University introduces the human brain in the first of this six part documentary by the BBC.
Classification
- PGR
Owning Collection
- Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Subjects
- Brain--Popular works
Genres
- Documentary
- Educational
- Science
Hosts
- Susan Greenfield (Host)
Contributors
- Andrew Cohen (Director)
- Andrew Cohen (Producer)
- BBC (Production Unit)
- Henry Marsh (Interviewee)
- Peter Halligan (Interviewee)
- Lynne Lingham (Interviewee)
- Dick Lingham (Interviewee)
- Shahram Khoshbin (Interviewee)
- Michael Persinger (Interviewee)
Subjects
- Brain--Popular works