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Images That Changed The World: Episode 2: Brain Scan

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Episode 2: Brain Scan

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Mark Lythgoe looks at how brain scanning has changed our concept of the human mind.

Dr Mark Lythgoe tells the untold story of medical imaging and asks how this is changing the philosophy of mind.

Dr Mark Lythgoe, Director of the Centre for Advanced Biomedical Imaging, tells the untold story of medical imaging and why uncovering our inner selves changed the world. 

Mark Lythgoe visits one of the pioneers of modern brain scanning at Nottingham University, and asks neuroscientists and philosophers how this new-found ability to picture thoughts and emotions has changed our concept of the human mind.

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Dr Mark Lythgoe tells the untold story of medical imaging

Dr Mark Lythgoe tells the untold story of medical imaging and why uncovering our inner selves changed the world

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