Horizon: Finding My Mind - Unravelling the Mysteries of the Brain
- Alternative title
- Horizon: The Secret You
- Synopsis
- For thousands of years philosophers have tried and failed to come up with satisfactory answers to questions such as ''who am I?'' and ''how does my biological brain make my subjective mind?'' But recently neuroscientists have made some fascinating and unnerving discoveries. In this thought-provoking programme Oxford University professor of mathematics Marcus du Sautoy takes a journey deep into his own brain - a willing guinea pig for some of the most extraordinary experiments known to neuroscience - to discover where ''free will’' and ''self’' actually come from. Horizon discovers that you are not what you think you are.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Year of release
- 2009
- Year of production
- 2009
- Notes
- Broadcast on 2-/10/2009 on BBC1 under the title HORIZON: THE SECRET YOU
- Documentation
- A transcript of the programme in pdf format is available free at http://www.bbcactive.com/BroadcastLearning/MediaSupportFiles/Finding%20My%20Mind.pdf
- Subjects
- Biology; Psychology
- Keywords
- brain sciences; experimental psychology; neurology; thought processes; self
Credits
- Contributor
- Marcus du Sautoy
Distribution Formats
- Type
- DVD
- Format
- Region 2 PAL
- Price
- £195.00
- Availability
- Sale
- Duration/Size
- 50 minutes
- Year
- 2010
Distributor
- Name
BBC Active Video for Learning - now BBC Learning
- Contact
- Carolina Fernandez Jeremy Wilcox (CF - for educational enquiries JW - channel sales manager)
- BBCStudiosLearning@bbc.com
- Web
- https://www.bbcstudioslearning.com/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- +44 (0) 20 8433 1009
- Address
- BBC Studios Limited
Television Centre
101 Wood Lane
London
W12 7FA
UK - Notes
- The BBC Active company has now been absorbed within BBC Learning, a division of BBC Studios. It was originally a joint venture between BBC Worldwide and Pearson Education. Formerly known as ‘BBC Worldwide Learning Studies’ and before that as ‘Videos for Education & Training’
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