Who Are We?
The twin sciences of brain anatomy and psychology have offered different visions of who we are. Now these sciences are coming together and revealing surprising truths.
Michael Mosley takes an informative and ambitious journey exploring how the evolution of scientific understanding is intimately interwoven with society's historical path.
We now know that the brain - the organ that more than any other makes us human - is one of the wonders of the universe, and yet until the 17th century it was barely studied.
The twin sciences of brain anatomy and psychology have offered different visions of who we are. Now these sciences are coming together and in the process have revealed some surprising and uncomfortable truths about what really shapes our thoughts, feelings and desires.
And the search to understand how our brains work has also revealed that we are all - whether we realise it or not - carrying out science from the moment we are born.
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How we respond to other people's emotions
Duration: 03:23
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Seeing with the unconscious
Duration: 04:29
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The first ever TV footage of a neuron firing
Duration: 02:09
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Michael Mosley loses the ability to write
Duration: 03:27
Michael Mosley holds a human brain
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Michael Mosley |
| Director | Nigel Walk |
| Producer | Nigel Walk |
| Executive Producer | John Lynch |
| Producer | Aidan Laverty |
