Example Of Movie Review On Secrets Of The Mind

Modern day science and technology has helped doctors and psychiatrists to understand the functioning of the brain. Dr. Ramachandran, who is a renowned leader in the field of brain science, explores some patients with bizarre delusional symptoms and vividly outlines how the results of their individual diagnosis have implications for the manner in which they perceive the environment or surrounding. In the documentary, Dr. Ramachandran’s work reveals significant clues of how various brain structures are responsible for the coordination and control of critical thought processes
Dr. Ramachandran in the narration of the documentary helps us to understand how the brain which consists of the wet gray matter is successful in interpreting the world in a clear and vivid manner, thereby expounding on his theory of how the timing of billions of oscillations in the brain gives consciousness to an individual. Also, to this, he expounds on his theory of how the lack of coordination of these oscillations gives rise to a variety of brain disorders.
In his research findings, Dr. Ramachandran’s patients profile clearly indicate how one of his patients lost his arm in a motorcycle accident but still continues to feel phantom sensations in this missing body part. An explanation of how one of her patients who was recovering from stroke experienced problems in perceptions of neural activity from one side of her field of view is also featured. The documentary also explains the report of another patient who thinks and is convinced that his parents are imposters.
The documentary leaves the audience mesmerized by reports of these patients who also include a patient who suffers from temporal lobe epilepsy and experiences seizures and hallucinations that cause him to experience profound spiritual feeling to a point he perceives himself as god. The documentary leaves us with one unanswered question as to whether the human brain is a mass of hard wired instructions that governs our thoughts on various predefined types of thought, or is this just but mere delusions from the way in which we normally perceive reality.