The great brain debate - Ted Altschuler
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Throughout history, scientists have proposed conflicting ideas on how the brain carries out functions like perception, memory, and movement. Is each of these tasks carried out by a specific area of the brain? Or do multiple areas work together to accomplish them? Ted Altschuler investigates both sides of the debate.
You have learned about two models of how the brain functions. In developing these models, scientists used different approaches to come to their conclusions. Discuss two of them. Has science made a final declaration about which is right? Will it ever?
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Meet The Creators
- Educator Ted Altschuler
- Director Steve Belfer
- Artist Carlos Palazio
- Animator Spencer Levy, Michelle Tessier, James Jacob
- Script Editor Emma Bryce
- Narrator Addison Anderson
