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The Divided Brain

In the '60s and '70sin California at Caltech, there was some incrediblyimportant and...

In the '60s and '70s
in California at Caltech, there was some incredibly
important and fascinating work

Full Transcript

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In the '60s and '70s in California at Caltech,
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there was some incredibly important and fascinating work.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
27
Timestamp in Movie
00:09:30
Uploaded
Jun 14, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
N/A

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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 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
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,