The Almond and Sea Horse (2022) Director: Celyn Jones and Tom Stern Within the evolutionary scale of things, the human brain evolved. Our brain can roughly be divided into three parts. There is the primitive part, which controls our essential body functions and aids in our fight-or-flight response. The basal ganglia, cerebellum and brainstem form this reptilian complex. Next came the paleomammalian complex, which gave the limbic system the pathway of emotion and linked with memory. The Amygdala and hippocampus, which look like an almond and a seahorse (title of the movie), are found here. The most recently evolved is the neomammalian complex (neocortex). It connects to all the older brain parts to give humans the complex functions they do. This film acts more like a public service announcement to educate us on living with patients with amnesia. As we can increasingly salvage patients who suffer from severe brain conditions, patients are left to fend for themselves with much morbidity. ...
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