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Penfield: There's a useful, practical procedure to stimulate the cortex electrically
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The Minds of Men

There's a useful, practical procedure to stimulate the cortex electrically

Penfield: There's a useful, practical procedure to stimulate the cortex electrically

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Penfield: There's a useful, practical procedure to stimulate the cortex electrically.
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Jul 01, 2025
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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...
Narrator: The electrode recalled the smell of burnt toast in the woman's mind - The Minds of Men 00:09
Narrator: The electrode recalled the smell of burnt toast in...
Female Patient: Dr. Penfield, I smell burnt toast! - The Minds of Men 00:07
Female Patient: Dr. Penfield, I smell burnt toast!
Narrator: For this moment, Penfield was later dubbed "The Greatest Living Canadian" - The Minds of Men 00:10
Narrator: For this moment, Penfield was later dubbed...
The Canadian government even made a commercial about this scene. - The Minds of Men 00:06
The Canadian government even made a commercial about this...
On TV: We just called him "The greatest Canadian alive". - The Minds of Men 00:05
On TV: We just called him "The greatest Canadian...
Penfield destroyed the associated part of the brain and she was "cured" - The Minds of Men 00:09
Penfield destroyed the associated part of the brain and she...
A patient referred to as "D.T." became speechless - The Minds of Men 00:15
A patient referred to as "D.T." became speechless
Despite the deliberate destruction of the man's brain, - The Minds of Men 00:13
Despite the deliberate destruction of the man's brain,
For Penfield, these risky experimental surgeries were worth it. - The Minds of Men 00:05
For Penfield, these risky experimental surgeries were worth...
He was creating the "Homunculus" - - The Minds of Men 00:11
He was creating the "Homunculus" -
Under Penfield, McGill became a central focal point for future research to orbit around. - The Minds of Men 00:07
Under Penfield, McGill became a central focal point for...
Not so much for the cure of brain diseases like epilepsy, - The Minds of Men 00:21
Not so much for the cure of brain diseases like epilepsy,
In the trenches of neurophysiological control - The Minds of Men 00:17
In the trenches of neurophysiological control
Hebb returned to McGill in 1937 - The Minds of Men 00:09
Hebb returned to McGill in 1937
Penfield's Homunculus provided Hebb with a map - The Minds of Men 00:09
Penfield's Homunculus provided Hebb with a map
By the time he published his seminal 1949 work "The Organization of Behavior" - The Minds of Men 00:10
By the time he published his seminal 1949 work "The...
Learning in the neurological sense of actions in the brain - The Minds of Men 00:13
Learning in the neurological sense of actions in the brain
Man: The brain, a pulpy mass of cells and fibers... - The Minds of Men 00:06
Man: The brain, a pulpy mass of cells and fibers...
Narrator: Bonding, imprinting, and early experiences - The Minds of Men 00:12
Narrator: Bonding, imprinting, and early experiences
Man: We have to learn through our own past behavior - The Minds of Men 00:10
Man: We have to learn through our own past behavior