| Description |
1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital video rda |
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videodisc |
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DVD |
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video file DVD rda |
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Videorecording |
| System Details |
DVD; Region 1, NTSC; widescreen presentation, enhanced for 16x9 televisions. |
| Language |
Closed-captioned. |
| Performer |
Host, Peter Coyote; commentators, Sharon Begley, William Jagust, Arthur Toga, Michael Merzenich, Shannon Moffett, Jason Karlawish, Norman Doidge, Valerie Wallace, John Barnes, Edward Taub, Christopher Lynch, Cheryl Lynch, George Bach-y-Rita. |
| Credits |
Photography, Jim Hoppin, Michael Freeman, Eli Brown ; editing, Jim Hoppin ; open animation by The Agency Collective. |
| Note |
Originally produced in 2007. |
| Audience |
TV parental guidelines rating: Not rated. |
| Contents |
Open credits -- Spoon -- Neurogenesis -- Cleft palate -- Synaptic connection -- Technology -- How we age -- Negative plasticity -- Paying attention -- Memory -- Constraint-induced therapy -- Tenets -- In the mood -- Wire together -- Two way street -- Memory and learning -- Motivation -- End credits. |
| Summary |
If you are fifty years old today, you will probably live into your mid-eighties. If you live into your mid-eighties, there is a more than even probability that your brain will decline in function before you die. Over fifty neuroscientists have worked to create a system for strengthening the brain and making it perform with more agility, speed, and comprehension. The Brain Fitness Program is based on the concepts of neuroplasticity--the ability of the brain to change, adapt, and even rewire itself. The brain remains highly malleable or 'plastic' throughout life and by presenting the brain with the proper stimuli, scientists assert that this can drive beneficial physical and functional change. This program can help with understanding how the brain works, and how to keep it fit. |
| Note |
Special features: Alzheimer's discussion; Parkinson's; Blindfold experiment; Man without memory; Hebb's rats; Wilder Penfield; Pioneers; Sensory substitution; Phantom limbs; Meditation; What we can do; Brain facts. |
| Subject |
Aging.
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Brain.
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Cognition.
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Brain -- Aging.
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Cognition in old age.
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Memory in old age.
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Cognition -- Age factors.
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Memory -- Age factors.
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Cognitive neuroscience.
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Human information processing -- Age factors.
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Aging.
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Brain -- physiology.
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Cognition.
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Cognitive Science.
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Memory.
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Aged.
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Mental Processes.
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Aging. (OCoLC)fst00800293
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Brain. (OCoLC)fst00837570
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Brain -- Aging.
(OCoLC)fst00837575
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Cognition. (OCoLC)fst00866457
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Cognition -- Age factors.
(OCoLC)fst00866459
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Cognition in old age. (OCoLC)fst00866517
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Cognitive neuroscience. (OCoLC)fst00866540
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Human information processing -- Age factors.
(OCoLC)fst00963143
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Memory -- Age factors.
(OCoLC)fst01015915
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Memory in old age. (OCoLC)fst01015967
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Documentary -- Television.
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| Genre/Form |
Science television programs.
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Documentary television programs. (OCoLC)fst01710387
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Science television programs. (OCoLC)fst01726240
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired. (OCoLC)fst01710450
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Documentary television programs.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Science television programs.
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Documentary -- Television.
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| Added Author |
Tiano, Anthony Stephen. Producer.
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Brown, Eli. Director.
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Keep, Lennlee. Screenwriter.
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Merzenich, Michael M. Screenwriter.
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Coyote, Peter. Host.
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Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
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Santa Fe Productions.
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PBS Home Video.
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| ISBN |
0793694086 |
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9780793694082 |
| Standard No. |
841887009096 |
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711584600097 |
| Music No. |
UBRN601 PBS Home Video |
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