The Brain and behavior

United States, 1957

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Episode of Series “Psychology”.
Demonstrates two ways in which the function of different brain areas can be studied. One method is to stimulate different parts of the living brain with an electrode. The other is to measure the changes in behaviour following injuries to different areas of the brain.

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Credits

production company

McGraw-Hill Films

Duration

00:21:10:00

Production places
United States
Production dates
1957

Appears in

Psychology

Group of items

Psychology

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

001429

Language

English

Subject categories

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Educational films

Educational & Instructional → Instructional

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Behaviorism (Psychology)

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Brain

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Brain damage

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Psychology

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Human biology

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

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Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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