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  1. Transmission of Nerve Impulses (1972 Film, Video)

    Producer
    David Rowan
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The discharge of a nerve cell, the propagation of impulses along its axon and the position of the extra-cellular recording micro electrode. Synapses, summation, inhibition and excitation.

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  2. Hypothalmic Control of Feeding and Self-Stimulation (1964 Film)

    Subject
    Biology; Psychology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Electrodes are implanted in rat lateral and medial hypothalamus, and the effect on feeding habits of a stimulus is observed.

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  3. Exercise in Operant Conditioning (1973 Film)

    Director
    Leon Aarons
    Subject
    Biology; Psychology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Rats on 24-hour water deprivation acquire lever pressing response on continuous and fixed ratio schedules. Discrimination and marble handling responses are also shaped. Demonstrates rewarding of increasing...

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  4. Visual Input and Orientation in the Octopus (1973 Film)

    aka: Optomotor Responses in a Cephalopod2

    Director
    Eric Lucey
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Andrew Packard, of the Zoological Gardens in Naples, gives a series of demonstrations of the effects on the baby octopus of rotating visual fields.

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  5. Recording from Single Neurons (1972 Film)

    Producer
    David Rowan
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Shows the positioning of a microelectrode for extracellular recording from the cortex of a cat. Shows the actual operation performed to gain access to the brain. Using a diagram, coveres the principles of...

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  6. Perception (1971 Film)

    Subject
    Psychology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Very short sequences of film to illustrate particular topics in distance and movement perception: looming, highlight and shadow (make-up), motion parallax, prior knowledge of size, optokinetic nystagmus...

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  7. Visual Cortex of the Cat, The (1972 Film)

    Producer
    David Rowan
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Dr Colin Blakemore explains and demonstrates the experiments used to establish the existence of simple, complex and hypercomplex cells in the visual cortex of the cat. The characteristic properties of these...

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  8. Learning and Behaviour (1960 Film)

    Subject
    Psychology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Archive film of B F Skinner’s laboratory, in which Charles Collingwood presents for TV viewers typical experimental and training procedures with pigeons and human learners. Skinner and Herrnstein talk...

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  9. Hypothalmic Reward in Feeding, Running and Mating Behaviour (1969 Film)

    Subject
    Biology; Psychology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Electrodes are implanted in different parts of the hypothalamus of rats. Animals can obtain electrical stimulation by pressing a lever, or stimulation can automatically be applied. Shows effects of brain...

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  10. Change from Visible to Invisible (1969 Film)

    Subject
    Psychology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Illustrates the general ways in which something ceases to be visible: (a) when it ceases to reflect light to the observer’s viewpoint; (b) when it ceases to reflect light at all. Shows several examples of...

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