How We Learned to Look Inside
Chapter 1 of How the Brain Works: How We Learned to Look Inside.
THE SERIES COMPANION
Documentary
Heaven.
The sources behind the story.
Research, visual credits, and how each film is made.
11 films · Chapters and full films
CHAPTER 01
How the Brain Works
18 min
How a Nerve Cell Sends a Signal
Chapter 2 of How the Brain Works: How a Nerve Cell Sends a Signal.
The Living Tissue
Chapter 3 of How the Brain Works: The Living Tissue.
Circuits and an Organized Brain
Chapter 4 of How the Brain Works: Circuits and an Organized Brain.
Perceiving, Learning, and Remembering
Chapter 5 of How the Brain Works: Perceiving, Learning, and Remembering.
A Brain Changing Through Life
Chapter 6 of How the Brain Works: A Brain Changing Through Life.
When the System Changes
Chapter 7 of How the Brain Works: When the System Changes.
Medicines, Drugs, and Brain Activity
Chapter 8 of How the Brain Works: Medicines, Drugs, and Brain Activity.
Maps, Measurements, and Experiments
Chapter 9 of How the Brain Works: Maps, Measurements, and Experiments.
Conscious Experience
Chapter 10 of How the Brain Works: Conscious Experience.
How the Brain Works
The complete documentary: signals, living tissue, memory, development, disease, interventions, brain mapping, and conscious experience.
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BEHIND THE SERIES
Human editorial direction.
A custom production system.
Developed and directed by Anders Lunde, with AI-assisted research and production, text-to-speech narration, and custom scientific animation.
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