Brain Story: In the Heat of the Moment

BBC, Andrew Cohen, Sam Roberts

Title: Brain Story: In the Heat of the Moment
Producer: BBC, Andrew Cohen, Sam Roberts
Category: Science, Brain Story
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Added: Jul 21st 2010
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Why do we think and feel as we do? For years man has sought to understand the workings of the mind. Now, with advances in modern-day technology and developments in neuroscience, a whole new world of brain research is opening up.

Understanding our minds is becoming a reality. Guided by top neuroscientist Susan Greenfield, Brain Story attempts to answer the question “What is my mind and who am I?” We talk to philosophers, clinicians, neurosurgeons and their patients to discover quite what a finely balanced and complex machine the brain is.

In the Heat of the Moment

Where do emotions come from? Why do they feel so different from thoughts? Susan Greenfield looks at some of the old attempts to explain emotion in terms of brain areas and explains why she believes the answer must lie in the biochemistry of the brain – all the hundreds of chemical neurotransmitters which bathe the nerves.

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