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The major part of this first television programme introduces the course by considering the various disciplines in the Brain and Behavioural Sciences, and their relationships one to another. Preview...s of future programmes provide a taste of each of the disciplines and of the phenomena they study. The rest of the programme introduces the Brain model which students have been sent in their home kit. This model, together with several others, is used to describe the structure and functions of four distinct brain systems.
The major part of this first television programme introduces the course by considering the various disciplines in the Brain and Behavioural Sciences, and their relationships one to another. Preview...s of future programmes provide a taste of each of the disciplines and of the phenomena they study. The rest of the programme introduces the Brain model which students have been sent in their home kit. This model, together with several others, is used to describe the structure and functions of four distinct brain systems.
| Module code and title: | SD286, "Biology, brain and behaviour" |
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| Item code: | SD286; 01 |
| First transmission date: | 28-02-1981 |
| Published: | 1981 |
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| Duration: | 00:24:14 |
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| Producer: | Jack Koumi |
| Contributors: | Geoff Einon; F. M.(Frederick M.) Toates |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Behaviour; Brain |
| Footage description: | Geoff Einon, with the aid of a graphic board, introduces the programme. He lists the various behavioural sciences and the phenomena they study. Shots of a preserved human brain. Next, looking at a model of a human brain, Geoff Einon points out some of its major structural components. He disassembles the model as he talks. Next using another brain model with eyes attached, Geoff Einon looks at the brain optical pathways. He points out the various components and explains what is meant by a topographically organised system. As an example of a topographically organised system, Geoff Einon looks in detail at the somato-sensory cortex of the brain. Shots of a homunculus while he talks. He then sums up, briefly, the programme so far. The rest of the programme consists of excerpts from future television programmes with commentary by Fred Toates. He explains what students may expect for the rest of the course. The first excerpt shows an example of ethological research being done at the OU on newt behaviour. The next excerpt shows a psychologist at work testing a subject's perception of spatial relationships. Commentary by Fred Toates explains what is happening. Film shots of an experiment being conducted by a neuroanatomist. In this experiment thin slices of neuronal tissue are stained and examined under the microscope. Commentary by Fred Toates. An excerpt from a future programme follows showing a laboratory experiment with frogs. In this experiment, a dissected out gastronemius muscle in stimulated electrically. Commentary by Fred Toates. Over shots of an OU laboratory and animations taken from a future programme, Fred Toates explains the contributions of neurochemistry to the course. Toates goes on to discuss the contribution of biophysics to the course. Animated diagrams from a future programme illustrate the way in which electrical impulses move down a nerve axon. Toates explains the work of the physiological psychologist. Excerpts from a t.v. programme show an experiment in which the brain wave responses of a subject are studied by attaching electrodes to the head. Geoff Einon, in the studio, briefly sums up the programme. |
| Master spool number: | HOU3587 |
| Production number: | FOUS175K |
| Videofinder number: | 2073 |
| Available to public: | no |
