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Good science starts from a really intriguing question
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The Divided Brain

Good science starts from areally intriguing question

Good science starts from a
really intriguing question

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Good science starts from a really intriguing question.
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5 seconds
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18
Timestamp in Movie
00:08:28
Uploaded
Jun 14, 2025
Genres
documentary
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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?
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
The patient wouldn't lose generalized consciousness - The Divided Brain 00:05
The patient wouldn't lose generalized consciousness
Today Michael Gazzaniga is a world-renowned neuroscientist - The Divided Brain 00:07
Today Michael Gazzaniga is a world-renowned neuroscientist
In the 1960s, he was a grad student participating - The Divided Brain 00:07
In the 1960s, he was a grad student participating
By sectioning this structure, as can be seen in this half - The Divided Brain 00:08
By sectioning this structure, as can be seen in this half
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