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Martin Sixsmith explores how medical research helped identify different areas of the brain. From June 2014.

Martin Sixsmith investigates how medical research helped identify different areas of the brain - from the speechless patient of French physician Paul Broca to the brain damaged American railway worker Phineas Gage.

He looks at how new ways to measure time helped German psychologists like Wilhelm Wundt to assess the speed of thought, whilst in Britain archivist Subhadra Das explains the impact on psychology of Sir Francis Galton's statistical mass observations.

Produced by Sara Parker
A Falling Tree Production for 大象传媒 Radio 4.

15 minutes

Last on

Wed 31 Jan 2018 02:15

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  • Tue 6 May 2014 13:45
  • Tue 24 May 2016 14:15
  • Wed 25 May 2016 02:15
  • Tue 30 Jan 2018 14:15
  • Wed 31 Jan 2018 02:15