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The electric mind.
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- Conference/Event
- Video
- Conference Name:
- Margaret Mead Film & Video Festival (2010)
- Series:
- Filmakers library online
- Language:
- English
- Hebrew
- Subjects (All):
- Brain damage--Alternative treatment.
- Brain damage.
- Brain damage--Patients--Rehabilitation.
- Brain--Research--Israel.
- Brain.
- Documentary films--Israel.
- Documentary films.
- Electric stimulation.
- Electroencephalography.
- Genre:
- Nonfiction films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (60 minutes).
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Filmakers Library, 2010.
- Language Note:
- This edition in Hebrew with subtitles in English.
- System Details:
- digital
- data file
- Summary:
- This film follows four people suffering from brain disorders, who are undergoing groundbreaking medical treatments involving the electric stimulation of the brain. The prospect of manipulating our minds with machines has for decades been considered science fiction, but the accelerating advancements of brain sciences today are materializing into a genuine cure for the millions of people suffering from brain disorders. Each of the patients, a ten-year old born with severe epilepsy, a clinically depressed octogenarian, a photographer with bipolar disorder, and a young father who suffers from dystonia, undergoes a series of controversial treatments from electric shock therapy to invasive neurosurgery. The film raises questions about man and machines, ethics and technology, our body, and the mystery of our mind.
- Local Notes:
- Shown during the Margaret Mead Film and Video Festival, 2010.
- OCLC:
- 808842194
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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