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The Minds of Men

By placing electrodes deep within the brain, investigators including Dr. José Delgado of...

(stimulator button clicks) Man: By placing electrodes deep within the brain, investigators including Dr. José Delgado of Yale University have located precise regions that activate emotions such as fear and rage, and basic drives such as hunger and sex

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Man: By placing electrodes deep within the brain,
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investigators including Dr. José Delgado of Yale University
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have located precise regions that activate emotions such as
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fear and rage, and basic drives such as hunger and sex.
Duration
22 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
01:58:43
Uploaded
Jul 01, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
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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...
Electrodes can carry currents into the brain - The Minds of Men 00:09
Electrodes can carry currents into the brain
Narrator: By the end of the '50s, - The Minds of Men 00:13
Narrator: By the end of the '50s,
And Delgado had virtually mastered an elaborate program of behavior modification - The Minds of Men 00:08
And Delgado had virtually mastered an elaborate program of...
Delgado: The motor cortex is probably like a large keyboard, - The Minds of Men 00:09
Delgado: The motor cortex is probably like a large keyboard,
Man: In his Yale laboratory, Dr. Delgado has gone even further - The Minds of Men 00:10
Man: In his Yale laboratory, Dr. Delgado has gone even...
He can direct their behavior and change the neatly ordered structure of their society. - The Minds of Men 00:08
He can direct their behavior and change the neatly ordered...
Narrator: Delgado could turn everything from emotions to actions on and off - The Minds of Men 00:21
Narrator: Delgado could turn everything from emotions to...
Anger, arousal, fear, or sleep could be dialed up just as easily. - The Minds of Men 00:05
Anger, arousal, fear, or sleep could be dialed up just as...
He called his device a stimoceiver. - The Minds of Men 00:05
He called his device a stimoceiver.
Delgado: We are used to the idea that - The Minds of Men 00:09
Delgado: We are used to the idea that
Garage doors can be opened or closed. - The Minds of Men 00:04
Garage doors can be opened or closed.
Channels and volume of a TV set can be adjusted from an arm chair. - The Minds of Men 00:05
Channels and volume of a TV set can be adjusted from an arm...
Even orbiting capsules can be directed from tracking stations on Earth. - The Minds of Men 00:05
Even orbiting capsules can be directed from tracking...
But perhaps it is still surprising to learn that - The Minds of Men 00:12
But perhaps it is still surprising to learn that
Narrator: Newspapers both repulsed and gripped the public with - The Minds of Men 00:10
Narrator: Newspapers both repulsed and gripped the public...
Dr. Delgado found his stimoceivers could even induce mothers to ignore their young on command. - The Minds of Men 00:06
Dr. Delgado found his stimoceivers could even induce mothers...
The electrode signals were so compelling and so precise in fact - The Minds of Men 00:13
The electrode signals were so compelling and so precise in...
When a computer programmed signal was sent to the monkey's stimoceiver, - The Minds of Men 00:15
When a computer programmed signal was sent to the...
Delgado: Cats, monkeys or human beings can be induced to flex a limb, - The Minds of Men 00:21
Delgado: Cats, monkeys or human beings can be induced to...
Narrator: Just to make a point, Delgado also turned the controls over to the colony - The Minds of Men 00:23
Narrator: Just to make a point, Delgado also turned the...