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The Minds of Men

Rats implanted with these electrodes continued to push and push and push the lever again...

Narrator: Rats implanted with these electrodes continued to push and push and push the lever again and again and again – even until the point of death – just to receive this stimulating electrical reward

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Narrator: Rats implanted with these electrodes continued to push and push and push the lever
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again and again and again – even until the point of death –
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just to receive this stimulating electrical reward.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
01:50:11
Uploaded
Jul 01, 2025
Genres
documentary
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"The Minds of Men" is a 3+ year investigation into the experimentation, art, and practice of social engineering and mind control during the Cold War - a mind-bending journey into the past that gives startling insight into the worl...
These researchers had uncovered something with far-reaching implications. - The Minds of Men 00:05
These researchers had uncovered something with far-reaching...
Olds: This shows the rat is willing to pay a very high price in order to get to the pedal. - The Minds of Men 00:06
Olds: This shows the rat is willing to pay a very high price...
(repeated clicking of lever) - The Minds of Men 00:18
(repeated clicking of lever)
His subjects responded to electrical stimulation of isolated brain centers - The Minds of Men 00:14
His subjects responded to electrical stimulation of isolated...
Heath: If you do it too much, does it have any bad effects on you? - The Minds of Men 00:04
Heath: If you do it too much, does it have any bad effects...
No. No bad effects at all. - The Minds of Men 00:05
No. No bad effects at all.
Reporter: Most of the scientists who conduct these experiments say that - The Minds of Men 00:14
Reporter: Most of the scientists who conduct these...
He's Dr. Robert Heath of Tulane University Medical School in New Orleans. - The Minds of Men 00:05
He's Dr. Robert Heath of Tulane University Medical...
Narrator: Famously, he claims to have turned down the C.I.A. when the agency approached him - The Minds of Men 00:09
Narrator: Famously, he claims to have turned down the C.I.A....
Reportedly offended at the abhorrent suggestion, - The Minds of Men 00:14
Reportedly offended at the abhorrent suggestion,
Narrator: In reality, Dr. Robert G. Heath had been investigating the effects - The Minds of Men 00:28
Narrator: In reality, Dr. Robert G. Heath had been...
Curiously, despite the fact that practically nothing has been mentioned about it since, - The Minds of Men 00:13
Curiously, despite the fact that practically nothing has...
By 1949, Dr. Heath was made head of Tulane's newly-created Neurology and - The Minds of Men 00:30
By 1949, Dr. Heath was made head of Tulane's...
Dr. Heath carried out his research in the name of battling schizophrenia and mental disorders, - The Minds of Men 00:09
Dr. Heath carried out his research in the name of battling...
From the Tulane Medical School where he housed his labs, - The Minds of Men 00:20
From the Tulane Medical School where he housed his labs,
Because existing treatments had failed these patients, - The Minds of Men 00:14
Because existing treatments had failed these patients,
By 1952, Dr. Heath had already outfitted - The Minds of Men 00:09
By 1952, Dr. Heath had already outfitted
♪(eerie music) - The Minds of Men 00:11
♪(eerie music)
I'm just an animal walking around on the earth. - The Minds of Men 00:05
I'm just an animal walking around on the earth.
Please don't do me like this. Please don't. - The Minds of Men 00:06
Please don't do me like this. Please don't.