by
nosynasser
September 18, 2011
from
YouTube Website
The Secret Life of the Brain, a David Grubin Production, reveals the
fascinating processes involved in brain development across a
lifetime.
The five-part series, informs viewers of exciting information in the
brain sciences, introduces the foremost researchers in the field,
and utilizes dynamic visual imagery and compelling human stories to
help a general audience understand otherwise difficult scientific
concepts.
A startling new map of the human brain has emerged during the past
decade of neuroscience research, contradicting much of what was
previously believed.
This series tells stories through a mix of
personal histories, expert commentary, and animation.
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The Baby’s Brain - Wider than the
Sky
A baby’s brain is a mystery whose secrets scientists
are just beginning to unravel. The mystery begins in the
womb - only four weeks into gestation the first brain cells,
the neurons, are already forming at an astonishing rate:
250,000 every minute.
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The Child’s Brain - Syllable from
Sound
A child’s brain is a magnificent engine for learning.
A child learns to crawl, then walk, run and explore. A child
learns to reason, to pay attention, to remember, but nowhere
is learning more dramatic than in the way a child learns
language. As children, we acquire language - the hallmark of
being human.
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The Teenage Brain - A World of
Their Own
When examining the adolescent brain we find
mystery, complexity, frustration, and inspiration. As the
brain begins teeming with hormones, the prefrontal cortex,
the center of reasoning and impulse control, is still a work
in progress. For the first time, scientists can offer an
explanation for what parents already know - adolescence is a
time of roiling emotions, and poor judgment.
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The Adult Brain - To Think by
Feeling
The adult brain is the apotheosis of the human
intellect, but what of emotion? The study of emotion was
once relegated to the backwaters of neuroscience, a
testament to the popular conception that what we feel exists
outside our brains, acting only to intrude on normal
thought. The science has changed: Emotion is now considered
integral to our over-all mental health.
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The Aging Brain - Through Many
Lives
At the age of 95, Stanley Kunitz was named poet
laureate of the United States. Still writing new poems,
still reading to live audiences, he stands as an inspiring
example of the brain’s ability to stay vital in the final
years of our lives. The latest discoveries in neuroscience
present a new view of how the brain ages. Overturning
decades of dogma, scientists recently discovered that even
into our seventies, our brains continue producing new
neurons.
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