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1 online resource (streaming video file) (52 min. 14 sec.) ; 315346856 bytes |
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For centuries the human adult brain has been thought to be incapable of fundamental change. Now the discovery and growing awareness of neuroplasticity has revolutionised our understanding of the brain - and has opened the door to new treatments and potential cures for many disorders and diseases once thought incurable.Neuroscience is past viewing the human brain as a machine, as it once did, where, if one part breaks down or doesn't work properly, the function it performed is permanently gone. Indeed, in just the past few years, scientists have built on our knowledge that our brains are constantly changing their structure and function and that the adult brain is not 'hard-wired' but plastic - always changing.In the documentary, Changing Your Mind, Toronto psychiatrist Dr Norman Doidge (author of the best- selling book 'The Brain That Changes Itself') takes viewers through some very compelling neurological cases to illustrate how the changing brain plays an important role in treating various disorders - including ailments like obsessive compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder and even schizophrenia. (From Canada, in English and Spanish) Documentary) M (L) CC Follow the conversation on Twitter #SBSdoco |
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Broadcast 2012-06-26 at 21:30:00 |
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Classification: M |
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Brain -- Research.
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Cerebrovascular disease -- Patients.
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Neuroplasticity.
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Obsessive-compulsive disorder -- Patients.
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Post-traumatic stress disorder -- Patients.
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Schizophrenia -- Research.
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California -- Los Angeles.
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Streaming video
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Sheerin, Mike, director
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Brunet, Alian, contributor
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Echols, Adam, contributor
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Economopolous, Vasiliki, contributor
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Kamstra, Suzanne, contributor
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Liang, Zong, contributor
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Palmer, Lisa, contributor
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Pedrata, Jose Antonio, contributor
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Perez, Charo, contributor
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Pulvermuller, Friedmann, contributor
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Rosborough, Scott, contributor
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Schwartz, Jeffrey, contributor
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