Natural born heroes
By: produced and directed by Samantha Starbuck ; a BBC/TLC co-production
Contributors: Winston, Robert M. L.; British Broadcasting Corporation; Learning Channel (Firm); Films for the Humanities (Firm)
Series: Human instinct
Publisher: Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Princeton, NJ
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 50
Subjects: Empathy; Self-preservation; Self-sacrifice
Description: Examines the instinct to protect, combined with other qualities, prompts people to risk everything for the sake of others. The effect of the familial gene pool on the impulse for self-sacrifice is taken into consideration, along with the role of mirror neurons in promoting empathy and a bent for fair play shared by both humans and vampire bats.
Notes: Robert Winston, host.

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