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The Plastic Fantastic Brain. Part 2 / Looking Glass Pictures.

Films Media Group, (film distributor.). Looking Glass Pictures (Added Author).

Summary:

This film is the second part of a two-part documentary. Cognitive neuroscientists study two men: Rick Baron, who has a superior autobiographical memory, and can recall an unusually high amount of details of his life, and Luigi De Santi, an amnesiac man who has lost 32 years of memories following an accident. Technologies such as the fMRI and SenseCam are utilized.

Record details

  • Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 video file (43 min., 37 sec.)) : color and sound.
  • Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : Looking Glass Pictures, [2009]
  • Distributor: New York, N.Y. : Distributed by Films Media Group, 2015.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Multi-User.
CatMonthString:may.16
Originally released by Looking Glass Pictures, 2009.
Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on October 29, 2015.
Formatted Contents Note:
Memories and Minds (2:47) -- Categorization Compartments (2:06) -- Cognitive Neuroscience (2:24) -- Luigi De Santi (2:11) -- Real Life Sci-Fi (2:01) -- First Memory (2:02) -- SenseCam (3:27) -- Amnesia After Effects (2:33) -- Searching for Brain Connections (2:11) -- Uncinate Fasciculus (2:21) -- Categorized Upon Retrieval (2:37) -- Hippocampus (2:31) -- SenseCam Tests (2:13) -- Memorization as Therapy (3:09) -- Wishes for the Future (3:25) -- Brain Responses and Connections (3:06) -- A Gift and A Burden (2:25)
Restrictions on Access Note:
Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
Target Audience Note:
9 & up.
System Details Note:
Streaming video file.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Language Note:
Closed-captioned.
Source of Description Note:
Title from distributor's description (Films Media Group, April 10, 2016)
Subject: Neurophysiology.
Neuroplasticity.
Genre: Internet videos.


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