For some scientists, the brain has become the last frontier to conquer. This eye-opening six-part series explores the grand themes emerging from the latest brain research that is producing a whole new model of brain function. In each program, renowned neuroscientist Susan Greenfield, biologists, psychologists, linguists, and other experts investigate the physiological basis of why people think, feel, and act as they do.
This is part four of the BBC series covering contemporary neuropsychology, including the major researchers, discoveries, techniques and even many of the patients who have been the subjects of classic case studies that have helped us understand the curious effects of brain injury.
Part 4, First among Equals: Why Do Humans Rule the Earth?
What is it about brains that has put us in charge of the planet? Were have humans’ unique linguistic abilities come from? Are there special structures in our brains which no other animals possess? Or is it possible that our sophisticated rich cultures are merely the result of having larger brains? RT 49:14.
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