The electric mind /
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...
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| Format: | Conference Proceeding Video |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Language Notes: | In English and Hebrew with subtitles in English. |
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New York, NY :
Filmakers Library,
[2010]
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| Series: | Health and society in video
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press) |
| 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. |
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| Item Description: | "Produced with the support of the Ministry of Culture and Sport, the Israeli Film Council, the New Israeli Foundation for Cinema & Television." |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (60 min.). |
| Production Credits: | Editors, Enat Sidi & Nadav Harel ; cinematographer, Nadav Harel ; music, Ariel Levinsohn. |