What is “normal” and what is “different”? - Yana Buhrer Tavanier
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The word “normal” is often used as a synonym for "typical," "expected," or even "correct." By that logic, most people should fit the description of normal. But time and time again, so-called normal descriptions of our bodies, minds, and perceptions have turned out to match almost no one. So what does normal actually mean— and should we be relying on it so much? Yana Buhrer Tavanier investigates.
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Meet The Creators
- Educator
- Yana Buhrer Tavanier
- Director
- Eoin Duffy
- Narrator
- Pen-Pen Chen
- Animator
- Eoin Duffy, Jamie Hogan
- Composer
- Adam Alexander, Bamm Bamm Wolfgang