Editorial Review:

The award-winning NOVA series brings the complications surrounding brain distortion and how it affects people who suffer from it. V.S. Ramachandran leads the viewer through a discovery of neuroscience that involves misperception of the human mind research that has been done to correct it.System Requirements:Running Time 60 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DOCUMENTARIES/MISC. Rating: NR UPC: 783421349698 Manufacturer No: WG34969

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

Secrets of the Mind - Great science and a great man:

Dr. Ramachandran is not only a great researcher in the active field of brain science, but is actually helping people. This is an excellent feature which illustrates several real life examples of helping people in dire need of medical assistance while doing good research and solid science. Dr. Ramachandran is as brilliant an educator and public speaker as he is a researcher. This was a totally engrossing demonstration of ongoing research applied to people and their problems. Another very interesting DVD... more info

Engrossing:

if you are the least bit curious on how the mind works and the infinite mysteries that it holds then this DVD is for you. Some of the fascinating things that scientists, psychologists and physcians have discovered about the inner workings of the brain is unfortunately the result of brain injured patients. These people are the subjects of this DVD. It concerns their weird symptomalogies after surviving a truamatic, mechanical head injury, all of them real interesting subject matters but ofcourse the star of... more info

Secrets of the Mind:

Item arrived as scheduled. Information put into perspective and shed more light on mind and the brain according to neuroscience. Try brushing your teeth with your other hand and see what happens.

Keeps your interest:

A very interesting look at the human brain. Gives you some interesting theories on how the brain re-routes itself to make good on missing limbs and brain damage due to car accidents. Insightful, but semi-repetitive. Worth seeing though!

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