To watch in HD, get ClipCafe PRO
Conditions such as schizophrenia
Please log in to add to collections.
The Divided Brain

Conditions suchas schizophrenia, severe personalitydisorders, and head injuries

Conditions such
as schizophrenia, severe personality
disorders, and head injuries

Full Transcript

00:00:01.000 --> 00:00:02.008
Conditions such as schizophrenia,
00:00:02.008 --> 00:00:05.245
severe personality disorders, and head injuries.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
18
Timestamp in Movie
00:07:16
Uploaded
Jun 14, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
N/A

Want This Clip in HD?

Upgrade for HD/4K downloads and unlimited access. Upgrade now →

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?
This is an amazing painting by William Kurelek - The Divided Brain 00:07
This is an amazing painting by William Kurelek
What's interesting is the very human anguish - The Divided Brain 00:07
What's interesting is the very human anguish
What one is seeing is a change in the whole way in which one - The Divided Brain 00:12
What one is seeing is a change in the whole way in which one
Here at the Maudsley Hospital, I had access - The Divided Brain 00:09
Here at the Maudsley Hospital, I had access
Particularly interesting to me were - The Divided Brain 00:05
Particularly interesting to me were
Because there, you can localize where the damage is. - The Divided Brain 00:05
Because there, you can localize where the damage is.
And you can then see what happens to that patient. - The Divided Brain 00:05
And you can then see what happens to that patient.
Good science starts from a really intriguing question. - The Divided Brain 00:05
Good science starts from a really intriguing question.
You know, I never heard that asked in any of my training. - The Divided Brain 00:06
You know, I never heard that asked in any of my training.
It's really what I've been thinking about all my life. - The Divided Brain 00:04
It's really what I've been thinking about all my l...
About these two different ways in which - The Divided Brain 00:06
About these two different ways in which
And that was the beginning of a 20-year long process in which I - The Divided Brain 00:10
And that was the beginning of a 20-year long process in whic...
Everything we human beings ever do, - The Divided Brain 00:10
Everything we human beings ever do,
Finding out how the brain does this work - The Divided Brain 00:06
Finding out how the brain does this work
But it becomes a fascinating question - The Divided Brain 00:06
But it becomes a fascinating question
In the '60s and '70s in California at Caltech, - The Divided Brain 00:09
In the '60s and '70s in California at Caltech,
And what they were trying to do was - The Divided Brain 00:09
And what they were trying to do was
Now these people might have almost continuous - The Divided Brain 00:05
Now these people might have almost continuous
Which meant that they couldn't really - The Divided Brain 00:07
Which meant that they couldn't really
The original idea was based on the notion that if you - The Divided Brain 00:17
The original idea was based on the notion that if you