Man Who Made Up His Mind, The

Synopsis: Looks at Nobel laureate Gerald Edelman’s biological theory of the mind, which see the brain not as an information processing machine but as an evolving ecosystem of competing groups of cells. In his ‘neural Darwinism’, just as natural selection hones a species to fit its habitat, so ‘neural selection’ helps gear the brain to its environment. Explores the implications of Edelman’s radical theories.
Series: Horizon, Series
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min.
Year of production: 1994
Availability: Sale; 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)
Notes: Broadcast on BBC2 on 24/1/94.
Subjects: Biology
Keywords: brain; neurology; physiology - human

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