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Broken Brains

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   Dr Michael Mosley concludes his series exploring the brutal history of
   experimental psychology by looking at how experiments on abnormal
   brains have revealed the workings of the normal brain.

   He meets remarkable individuals like Karen, who suffered from a rare
   condition - alien hand syndrome - which meant that one of her hands
   constantly attacked her. And Julia, who seems to have recovered from
   her stroke - until experiments reveal she is unable to recall the name
   of any object.

   Michael explores the case of an amnesiac known for years only by his
   initials, HM, who became the most studied individual in the history of
   psychology and whose extraordinary case opened a window on how our
   memory works. He visits the multi-million dollar centre which has been
   set up since HM died to map his unique brain down to the level of an
   individual neuron.
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Release date:

   20 January 2011

   1 hour

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          Role          Contributor
   Presenter          Michael Mosley
   Production Manager Jessica Ross
   Executive Producer Jonathan Renouf
   Series Producer    Kate Townsend
   Director           Alex Steinitz

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