How Monkeys Are Helping Us Understand The Brain
Channel: BJG Films
Date: 2019-06-12

In this short film I made for Wellcome, I headed up to the University of Oxford's primate research facility to speak to Anna Mitchell, Senior Wellcome Research Fellow, about her work to unravel some of the complex mysteries of the brain.

Her team are looking at how Old World rhesus macaques learn new information and use this to make decisions. 

The research could lead to better treatment and care for people with mental health problems or who’ve experienced a debilitating stroke.

Sitting with the monkey while he did the experiment was extraordinary - a true filmmaking highlight.

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