New Frontiers Of The Brain

Series: Conquest Series

Duration: 27

Year Published: 1959

Creator: CBS NEWS

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: Five of the nation's leading brain scientists discuss how much is known and not known about the brain. Strides being made by science in exploring the human mind. Includes an actual brain operation on a human patient, performed at John Hopkins University, as well as experiments on the brains of animals., Presents a comparison of the functions of the cortex and the "primitive" parts of the human brain. A brain operation at Johns Hopkins University is used to demonstrate how stimulation of certain parts of the cortex elicits different behavioral and motor responses. Depicts the University of Michigan's research to explore the relationship between the cortex and the "primitive" brain areas, which control certain drives, seeking rewards, and evading punishment.

Complete Record: Five of the nation's leading brain scientists discuss how much is known and not known about the brain. Strides being made by science in exploring the human mind. Includes an actual brain operation on a human patient, performed at John Hopkins University, as well as experiments on the brains of animals., Presents a comparison of the functions of the cortex and the "primitive" parts of the human brain. A brain operation at Johns Hopkins University is used to demonstrate how stimulation of certain parts of the cortex elicits different behavioral and motor responses. Depicts the University of Michigan's research to explore the relationship between the cortex and the "primitive" brain areas, which control certain drives, seeking rewards, and evading punishment., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.