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Where am I? / directed and written by Bruce Mohun ; produced by Sue Ridout ; produced with the participation of the CMF/FMC ; produced with the participation of the Province of British Columbia Film Incentive BC, The Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit Program in association with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ; produced by Dreamfilm Productions, Ltd.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cognitive maps (Psychology).
- Geographical perception--Research.
- Geographical perception.
- Orientation (Physiology).
- Orientation (Psychology).
- Navigation--Psychological aspects.
- Navigation.
- Route choice.
- Spatial behavior.
- Hippocampus (Brain).
- Animal navigation.
- Cognitive neuroscience.
- Research.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Feature films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (44 min.) : digital, sound, color
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- [Oley, Pennsylvania] : [Distributed by Bullfrog Films], [2016]
- System Details:
- System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- video file
- Summary:
- Where Am I? is a new documentary about the skills we use to find our way around. Whether you are an Inuit hunter, a foraging insect, or just someone out for a stroll, your brain is performing one of its most fundamental services -- it's navigating. Why are some of us good at finding our way, while others are not? Good navigators are able to use both memory and imagination, remembering where they have been, and imagining where they're going. Some researchers believe we build a cognitive or mental map when we navigate, a kind of bird's eye view of our surroundings, a view that can be rotated and examined in our mind. There has been about sixty years of argument amongst scientists about whether humans and other mammals actually form these cognitive maps or not. The advent of GPS or Global Positioning Systems has changed the discussion about navigation. GPS triggers a simpler, more automatic navigational technique that does not involve building a mental map. With GPS, we simply respond to directions and may not truly understand where we are.
- Participant:
- Narrator, David Suzuki.
- Credits:
- Editor, Chris Holmes ; director of photography, John Collins ; music composer, Daniel Séguin.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Originally produced by: Dreamfilm Productions, Ltd., ©2013; previously released in 2014.
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed February 18, 2016).
- Publisher Number:
- bf-wami Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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