(1 - 10 of 10 programmes)
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Einstein's Brain
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Available since Fri, 25 Nov 2011.
10/10. Dr Geoff Bunn discusses the impact of neurology on how we understand ourselves today.
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All or Nothing
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Available since Thu, 24 Nov 2011.
9/10. The impact of the electroencephalograph (EEG), which made brain waves visible.
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The Agony and the Ecstasy
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Available since Wed, 23 Nov 2011.
8/10. Dr Geoff Bunn on how chemical transmission became a fundamental concept in neuroscience.
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Mind the Gap
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Available since Tue, 22 Nov 2011.
7/10. Dr Geoff Bunn on the synapse and the part Freud almost played in the history of the brain.
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The Beast Within
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Available since Mon, 21 Nov 2011.
6/10. The influence of evolutionary theory, phrenology and a hole in Phineas Gage's head.
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The Spark of Being
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Available since Fri, 18 Nov 2011.
5/10. Dr Geoff Bunn considers the impact of electricity on our understanding of the brain.
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Spirits in the Material World
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Available since Thu, 17 Nov 2011.
4/10. Thomas Willis's pioneering attempt to correlate brain anatomy with function.
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The Origin of Common Sense
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Available since Wed, 16 Nov 2011.
3/10. Dr Geoff Bunn on early Christian and Islamic contributions to understanding of the brain.
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The Blood of the Gladiators
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Available since Tue, 15 Nov 2011.
2/10. Dr Geoff Bunn moves on to the debate in Ancient Greece as to the primacy of heart or brain
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A Hole in the Head
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Available since Mon, 14 Nov 2011.
1/10. Dr Geoff Bunn reflects on trepanation at the start of his cultural history of the brain.
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