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Title:
The mind [videorecording] : psychology teaching modules / producer, director, Michael Ellis.
Author:
WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)

Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
Publication Information:
[S.l.] : Worth Publishers, c2002.
Call Number:
QP356 .M55 2002 GUIDE
Abstract:
Explores the inner workings of the human brain. Covers topics including hypnotic dissociation, pain relief, the placebo effect, cognition and the immune system, endorphins, brain mechanisms of pleasure and addiction, language processing, subliminal stimulation, teratogens, newborn capabilities, aging and cognitive function, Alzheimer's Disease, phantom limb pain, chronic pain, depressants' effect on the brain, language predisposition, mood disorders, and the mind of the psychopath.
Edition:
2nd ed.
ISBN:
9780716754701
Physical Description:
35 modules in 3 videodiscs (ca. 332 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Includes material from the WNET Production, The Brain.

Edited from the PBS series The Mind - nine one-hour programs that first aired in 1988.
Contents:
disc 1, module 1. Unraveling the mysteries of the mind -- module 2. Hypnotic dissociation and pain relief -- module 3. The placebo effect -- module 4. Cognition and the immune system -- module 5 Endorphins -- module 6. Brain mechanisms of pleasure and addiction -- module 7. The frontal lobes -- module 8. Language processing in the brain -- module 9. Studying the effects of subliminal stimulation on the mind -- module 10. Life without memory -- module 11. Clive Wearing, part 2 -- disc 2, module 12. Teratogens and their effects on the developing brain and mind -- module 13. Capabilities of the newborn -- module 14. Infant cognitive development -- module 15. Social development in infancy -- module 16. The effect of aging on cognitive function -- module 17. Aging and memory -- module 18. Effects of mental and physical activity on brain/mind -- module 19. Understanding Alzheimer's disease -- module 20. Phantom limb pain -- module 21. Treating chronic pain -- module 22. Depressants and their addictive effect on the brain -- module 23. Infant speech sound discrimination -- module 24. Language predisposition -- disc 3, module 25. Human language, signed and spoken -- module 26. The bilingual brain -- module 27. Animal language -- module 28. Language and culture -- module 29. Alcohol addiction, hereditary factors -- module 30. Treating drug addiction, a behavioral approach -- module 31. Mood disorders, mania and depression -- module 32. Mood disorders, hereditary factors -- module 33. Mood disorders, medication and talk therapy -- module 34. Treating depression, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) -- module 35. The mind of the psychopath.
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