Left Brain, Right Brain, Part 1: Left Brain

Series: Nature of Things Series

Duration: 0:28:00

Creator: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation | Filmakers Library

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Describes lateral specialization of the brain, emphasizing the brain's dominance over short-term memory and speech. Suggests that language developed early in man's evolution as a response to an environment which was becoming increasingly complex. Demonstrates separate functions of brain hemispheres, showing experiments using anesthetics and radioactive tracers. Narrated by Dr. David Suzuki., Describes lateral specialization of the brain, emphasizing the brain's dominance over short-term memory and speech. Suggests that language developed early in man's evolution as a response to an environment which was becoming increasingly complex. Demonstrates separate functions of brain hemispheres, showing experiments using anesthetics and radioactive tracers. Narrated by Dr. David Suzuki.

Complete Record: , Describes lateral specialization of the brain, emphasizing the brain's dominance over short-term memory and speech. Suggests that language developed early in man's evolution as a response to an environment which was becoming increasingly complex. Demonstrates separate functions of brain hemispheres, showing experiments using anesthetics and radioactive tracers. Narrated by Dr. David Suzuki.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.