Online resources are ephemeral. If you discover a broken link, please contact us via the form here.
Horizon reveals the latest research into one of the most mysterious and common human experiences - pain.
Breakthroughs have come from studying a remarkable woman in London who has felt no pain at all in her life, a man in the US who cut off his own arm to survive, and three generations of an Italian family who don't feel extremes of temperature.
We witness a new treatment that involves a pioneering computer game 'snow world' that contains the power to banish pain.
And we find how powerfully our moods and emotions shape what pain we feel.
How does your Memory work?
Horizon takes viewers on an extraordinary journey into the human memory. From the woman who is having her most traumatic memories wiped by a pill, to the man with no memory, this film reveals how these remarkable human stories are transforming our understanding of this unique human ability.
Complete (49:05)
People from different walks of life undergo a series of tests to determine who is the "smartest".
Complete (49:23)
Dr Michael Mosley 3 part series explores the brutal history of experimental psychology.
Mind Control: Extraordinary archive footage captures what happened - scientists systematically change the behaviour of children; law abiding citizens give fatal electric shocks; a gay man has electrodes implanted in his head in an attempt to turn his sexuality. Michael takes a hallucinogenic drug as part of a controlled experiment to try to understand how its mind-bending properties can change the brain.
Emotions: Dr Michael Mosley investigates how scientists have struggled to understand that most irrational and deeply complex part of our minds - our emotions. Michael meets survivors - both participants and scientists - of some of the key historical experiments. Many of these extraordinary research projects were captured on film - an eight-month-old boy is taught to fear random objects, baby monkeys are given mothers made from wire and cloth, and an adult is deliberately violent before a group of toddlers.
Broken Brains: Dr Michael Mosley meets remarkable individuals like Karen, who suffered from a rare condition - alien hand syndrome - which meant that one of her hands constantly attacked her. And Julia, who seems to have recovered from her stroke - until experiments reveal she is unable to recall the name of any object. Michael explores the case of an amnesiac known for years only by his initials, HM, who became the most studied individual in the history of psychology and whose extraordinary case opened a window on how our memory works. He visits the multi-million dollar centre which has been set up since HM died to map his unique brain down to the level of an individual neuron.
Part 1: Mind Control (59:10) Part 2: Emotions (58:57 CC) Part 3: Broken Brains (57: 43 CC)
A two-part television documentary featuring British actor and comedian Stephen Fry. It explores the effects of living with bipolar disorder, based on the experiences of Fry, other celebrities and members of the public with, or affected by, the disorder. (Captioned)
A real life example of the Stanford Prison Experiment, this chilling documentary demonstrates how people can behave when that behaviour is sanctioned and ordered by authority figures. The graphic nature of the pictures used in the documentary makes it unsuitable for classroom viewing. It contains detailed descriptions and pictures of torture performed by the US Military on Iraqi citizens at Abu Ghraib prison in 2003-2004.
Complete (1:18.17)
Based on the book of the same name by Norman Doidge, this documentary explores the biggest change in our understanding of the brain in more than 400 years. The discovery of neuroplasticity, that thoughts can change the structure and function of our brains, is one of the most important breakthroughs in our understanding of the brain in recent times.
Complete (51:51)
Documentarian Alex Gibney revisits three famous behavioral studies to explore some perennial questions about why human beings commit unethical acts under particular social conditions. Reconsidered are Stanley Milgram’s obedience to authority experiments, in which subjects willingly inflicted pain on another person; Philip Zimbardo’s alarming prisoner and guard role-playing study; and Columbia University’s 1969 experiments which illuminated how being in a group can cause a diffusion of moral responsibility.
Complete (43:07)
BBC Documentary With the help of a hammer-wielding scientist, Jennifer Aniston and a general anaesthetic, Professor Marcus du Sautoy goes in search of answers to one of science's greatest mysteries: how do we know who we are?
Complete (58:41)
Chris and Xand van Tullleken explore the growth and development of the human body as well as the everyday process that keep humans alive.
Part 1: Grow (58:31) Part 2: Survive (58:45) Part 3: Learn (59:00)
A general bank of psychology resources exploring emotions, learning (classical and operant conditioning) and psychological processes (sleep and stress).
https://www.youtube.com/user/OurCommunityYouth/videos