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(static, riser) Narrator: Dr. Horace W. Magoun, considered one of the fathers of neuroscience was also focused on activation in 1948 when he co-discovered the reticular formation in the brain stem responsible for sending electrical signals and brain waves that activated waking and sleeping states and seemed to hold fundamental sway over consciousness as well which deeply fascinated cybernetician Warren S. McCulloch who'd known Magoun since their days in Chicago
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Narrator: Dr. Horace W. Magoun, considered one of the fathers of neuroscience
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was also focused on activation in 1948 when
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he co-discovered the reticular formation in the brain stem
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responsible for sending electrical signals and brain waves that activated waking and sleeping states
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and seemed to hold fundamental sway over consciousness as well
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which deeply fascinated cybernetician Warren S. McCulloch
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who'd known Magoun since their days in Chicago.
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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...
