Video Clips

Introduction to Wellcome Collection (14 MB) Ken Arnold, Head of Programmes, and Daniel Glaser, Head of Special Projects, (he is also a neuroscientist) introduce this unique collection and its value in challenging our understanding of modern medicine. This clip will be shown to students during their Study Visit Workshop. You will find it useful to view yourself before the Study Visit.

Questions (3 MB) Daniel Glaser explains to students the value of questioning what they see. This clip will be shown to students on their Study Visit day.

Creativity (9.5 MB) This is a general clip and explains why scientists and artists are both creative and how different methods can be used in being creative. This clip is especially important for science students as it takes the scientific method as a way of being creative. It would be worth showing this clip after students return from Wellcome Collection and are eager to pursue their creative or scientific ideas.

Perfect Body (13 MB) This clip is designed for showing to students before their Study Visit or on their return to school. It suggests the importance of body shape and image is perhaps an evolutionary one and suggests how that influences different cultures: in history, art and fashion. It also looks at how technology offers ways of changing our bodies but asks – is this useful?

Body Futures (5 MB) This clip explores some of the ways scientists are finding ways of changing our bodies. It asks students to consider if this opportunity will be taken up and how we might use the techniques. Importantly it asks how much we are going to allow ourselves to change our own body shapes and suggests that changing the way we feel about our bodies is far more important than the technology.

Body Picture (7.3 MB) This clip is designed for showing to students before their Study Visit. It describes how we ‘see’ other bodies and the influence our emotions can have on that perception.

Fashion Advertising (6 MB) This clip explores the influence fashion, media and advertising have on the way we perceive bodies – especially female bodies. It is a good discussion raiser for a lesson post Study Visit.

Pill Cam (9 MB) An introduction to the Pill Cam in the Medicine Now gallery, which can be used to remind students of the objects they have seen during their Study Visit.

Brass Corset (6 MB) An introduction to the Brass Corset in the Medicine Man gallery, which can be used to remind students of the objects they have seen during their Study Visit.

I Can't Help the Way I Feel (10 MB) An introduction to the I Can't Help The Way I Feel sculpture in the Medicine Now gallery, which can be used to remind students of the objects they have seen during their Study Visit.

Faces (2 MB) Daniel Glaser explains how we read faces.

Brain and Body (3 MB) Daniel Glaser explains how the brain and body interact.

Phantom Limb (3 MB) Daniel Glaser describes the effect known as "ghosting" or a "phantom limb" and asks students to consider how they would feel if they lost part of their body, or gained a new part.

Misunderstandings (2 MB) Daniel Glaser describes how we misunderstand and misinterpret our own bodies, often making mistakes over size, and that this can be a problem.

Brain and Creativity (6 MB) Prof Semir Zeki, Professor of Neuroesthetics at University College London, describes how brain scanners are used to study the brain, and have shown that different areas of the brain are interconnected with others. A good example of how creativity happens in the brain is shown in those people who "see" music in colour. Creative people are those who have a concept first.