SECRET LIFE OF THE BRAIN

Resource #
DVD • SLBD889W

Price $89.95

Program Contents:  300 minutes on 3 DVDs

Captioning: Closed Captioned

Copyright Date: 2001

Available in the United States Only

The mystery begins in the womb four weeks into gestation. 500,000 brain cells are forming every minute. Eventually, there will be billions of cells and trillions of links, with every cell finding its place and every link carefully organized. How does this happen? Renowned filmaker David Grubin draws on neuroscience's leading researchers and latest discoveries for answers.

This 3-disc series explores the startling new map of the brain that has emerged from the past decade of neuroscience and shares a revelatory view of this most complicated organ.  Narrated by actress Blair Brown, the series tells stories through a mix of personal histories, expert commentary and cutting-edge animation.  Viewers will not only learn startling new truths about the brain, the will voyage inside it. 

Disc 1:

• The Baby's Brain: Wider Than the Sky
• The Child's Brain: Syllable from Sound

Disc 2:

• The Teenage Brain: A World of Their Own

Disc 3:

• The Adult Brain: To Think By Feeling
• The Aging Brain: Through Many Lives