Left Brain, Right Brain, Part 1: Left Brain

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.
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, 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.

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  2. Left Brain, Right Brain, Part 2: Right Brain
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  4. Newborn 1972
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  6. Out Of The Mouths Of Babes 1978
  7. The Differences Are Inherited 1978
  8. The Evolution Of Flight 1978
  9. The First Inch 1978
  10. Water's Edge, The, Pt 1 - The Unseen World 1978
  11. Water's Edge, The, Pt 2 - The Silent Explosion 1978
  12. Puffins, Predators And Pirates 1979
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