The Triune Brain
Foreign title: Les Trois Cerveaux (French)
- Studio
- National Film Board of Canada
- Distributor
- National Film Board of Canada
Synopsis
This informative film illustrates American physician Dr. Paul MacLean's theory of human brain structure and evolution- the triune brain. The human brain, he theorizes, functions through the interaction of three cerebral formations: the reptilian complex, the limbic system and the neocortex. These control instinct, emotions and intellect, respectively. Using computer animation to explain the development of these formations, the film documents our current knowledge about this most complex of human organs.
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Gilles Thérien
Producing
- Producer
- Hélène Verrier, Marc Beaudet
Writing
- Writer
- Fernand Séguin (Commentary)
Voices
- Voice
- Michael Whalen (Narrator), Francine Grimaldi, Micheline Lanctôt, Louise Portal, Guy Thauvette
Music
- Music
- Louis Lortie
Animation
- Animator
- Yvon Mallette, Kenneth Horn
Camera
Editing
- Editor
- Gérald Vansier
- Sound Editing
- Gilles St-Onge
Sound
- Sound
- Yves Gendron, Michel Charron