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The secret life of the brain

Title
The secret life of the brain / David Grubin Productions in association with Thirteen/WNET New York.
Publication
[Alexandria, Va.] : PBS Home Video, [2002]

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episode 1Moving imageUse in library QP376 .S43 2002g episode 1Off-site
episode 2Moving imageUse in library QP376 .S43 2002g episode 2Off-site
episode 3Moving imageUse in library QP376 .S43 2002g episode 3Off-site
episode 4Moving imageUse in library QP376 .S43 2002g episode 4Off-site
episode 5Moving imageUse in library QP376 .S43 2002g episode 5Off-site

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Additional Authors
  • Brown, Blair.
  • Grubin, David.
  • WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
  • David Grubin Productions.
  • PBS Home Video.
Description
5 videocassettes (approximately 300 min.) : sound, color; 1/2 in.
Summary
This series explores the startling new map of the brain that has emerged from the past decade of neuroscience and shares a revelatory view of this most complicated organ, which now contradicts much of what we previously believed. Narrated by actress Blair Brown, the series tells stories through a mix of personal histories, expert commentary and cutting-edge animation. Viewers will not only learn startling new truths about the brain, they will voyage inside it.
Alternative Title
  • Baby's brain.
  • Child's brain.
  • Teenage brain.
  • Adult brain.
  • Aging brain.
Subject
  • Brain
  • Brain > Evolution
  • Documentary films
  • Brain > physiology
  • Biological Evolution
Genre/Form
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Note
  • Cat. no. "B8651, B8652, B8653, B8654, B8655."
Credits (note)
  • Executive producer, David Gruin ; music by Michael Bacon.
System Details (note)
  • VHS.
Language (note)
  • Closed captioned.
Contents
episode 1. The baby's brain : wider than the sky -- episode 2. The child's brain : syllable from sound -- episode 3. The teenage brain : a world of their own -- episode 4. The adult brain : to think by feeling -- episode 5. The aging brain : through many lives.
ISBN
  • 0780637879 (boxed set)
  • 0780637828 (episode 1)
  • 0780637836 (episode 2)
  • 0780637844 (episode 3)
  • 0780637852 (episode 4)
  • 0780637860 (episode 5)
OCLC
  • 50079724
  • ocm50079724
  • SCSB-9501535
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries