Synopsis
This CBS News 1958 educational film demonstrates emerging brain research and psychological studies. It is narrated by the famed journalist Eric Sevareid. It features footage of brain surgery on an epileptic patient who remains awake during the operation to assist the surgeon in mapping his brain. Sevareid also speaks with scientists about the different parts of human and animal brains. Footage of research conducted on rats and cats illustrates how these new advancements are achieved. The film was an excerpt from the TV show CONQUEST, which was presented over the CBS Television Network by the Monsanto Chemical Company. It was distributed by McGraw-Hill Book Company.Note: this film contains footage of animal testing.(00:51) Renowned CBS news journalist Eric Sevareid introduces the questions posed by new and developing brain research.(01:37) Robert Livingston, director of living research on the brain at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland.(02:03) Livingston points to the different parts of the brain such as the cortex and the stem.(02:47) Footage of brain surgery being conducted on a patient suffering from epilepsy.(04:03) The doctor applies an electric current using a pencil-like instrument to evaluate which parts of the brain are responsible for which activities.(04:20) The nurse provides information about the patient's responses.(05:12) He stimulates a different part of the brain. The patient's left hand and wrist twitch, indicating that the stimulation…
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- Running time
- 29 minutes
- Collection
- Ephemeral Films
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- Jose Delgado
- Eric Sevareid
- Television Network
- Monsanto Chemical Company
- Hill Book Company
- Robert Livingston
- National Institutes
- Doctor Magoon
- Ted Koons
- At Yale
