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The Divided Brain

By sectioning this structure,as can be seen in this half brain section, called the...

By sectioning this structure,
as can be seen in this half brain section, called the corpus
callosum and it has over 2 million nerve fibers

Full Transcript

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By sectioning this structure, as can be seen in this half
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brain section, called the corpus callosum and it has over 2
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million nerve fibers.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
26
Timestamp in Movie
00:10:31
Uploaded
Jun 14, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
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Movie Summary

A film which explores a radical new idea - is there an imbalance between our brain hemispheres that is affecting how we live in our modern society?
And they richly interconnect the two halves of the brain. - The Divided Brain 00:05
And they richly interconnect the two halves of the brain.
What they did was, with some trepidation initially, - The Divided Brain 00:13
What they did was, with some trepidation initially,
And what they found after the operation was that the seizures - The Divided Brain 00:06
And what they found after the operation was that the seizure...
The other thing was it was possible by setting - The Divided Brain 00:14
The other thing was it was possible by setting
Each side of the brain controls the opposite side - The Divided Brain 00:05
Each side of the brain controls the opposite side
So the left hemisphere controls the right side - The Divided Brain 00:08
So the left hemisphere controls the right side
And over here, we flash a picture of an apple. - The Divided Brain 00:04
And over here, we flash a picture of an apple.
That now goes to the right disconnected brain. - The Divided Brain 00:06
That now goes to the right disconnected brain.
And you say to the patient, what did you see? - The Divided Brain 00:04
And you say to the patient, what did you see?
I can't tell you that, either. - The Divided Brain 00:04
I can't tell you that, either.
They found that the left arm and the right arm seem to be - The Divided Brain 00:08
They found that the left arm and the right arm seem to be
So if somebody would select a dress with her right arm, - The Divided Brain 00:08
So if somebody would select a dress with her right arm,
The experiments proved that we have two brains - The Divided Brain 00:05
The experiments proved that we have two brains
But they do not see the world the same way. - The Divided Brain 00:05
But they do not see the world the same way.
When I started to do psychiatry, - The Divided Brain 00:08
When I started to do psychiatry,
My training was that the left hemisphere - The Divided Brain 00:08
My training was that the left hemisphere
But that really, what went on in the right hemisphere - The Divided Brain 00:07
But that really, what went on in the right hemisphere
Michael Gazzaniga had said that the right hemisphere - The Divided Brain 00:11
Michael Gazzaniga had said that the right hemisphere
The left hemisphere, don't leave home without it. - The Divided Brain 00:04
The left hemisphere, don't leave home without it.
And that summarized the importance - The Divided Brain 00:08
And that summarized the importance