Physiology of motivations and emotions (1989)

A puppet theatre performance - puppeteers work with puppets, act out a performance.

Close-up - puppets in the frame.

The face of a girl watching the performance.

The frame - puppets on the stage.

Various frames with the faces of children in the auditorium watching the performance.

Puppets on the stage.

The photographs capture various human emotions - joy, sadness, aggression, etc.

Contemporary foreign newsreel - rallies, demonstrations, young people protesting, police suppressing riots, etc.

In the frame - Victor Jara playing the guitar, singing, the audience singing along.

On the stage - oriental dances.

A gym - a gymnast jumping over a horse (slow motion).

An elderly man working at a table, in the frame - old books.

Close-up - a tiger roaring.

A bear climbing a tree trunk.

A wild boar running through the forest, a badger crawling out of a hole.

A hare running across a clearing.

A roe deer in the forest, eating leaves from a branch.

Winter, a hunting scene in the forest is shown - a tiger catches up with a roe deer.

Various photographs - a dog with puppies, a cat with kittens, monkeys with cubs.

A drawing of the human brain - the limbic system of the brain is shown.

Different structures of this system are marked - the hypothalamus, thalamus, septum, cingulate gyrus, tectum, amygdala, hippocampus, mammillary body.

The functions of the limbic system are controlled by the frontal cortex.

The figure shows how incoming stimuli lead to excitation of all elements of the limbic system.

This is the so-called "Peypets circle".

Motivations and emotions in an experiment (photograph with monkeys).

A young physiologist in a laboratory - conducting an experiment with a rat.

Close-up - an operation is underway to implant electrodes into the rat's hypothalamus (in the area called the "pleasure center").

Wires are attached to the electrodes, the rat is placed in a box.

A rat can independently turn on a current that excites the "positive emotion" center using a special lever.

The rat presses the lever again and again.

Close-up - a hand turns the handle of the device in the lab.

Now the electrodes are connected to the "negative emotion" center (or the punishment center).

Now the rat is afraid to press the lever, and immediately jumps away from it when pressed.

A rabbit is sitting on the table in the lab, and female employees are connecting electrodes to the rabbit's brain.

Close-up - the rabbit constantly presses the lever, which results in stimulation of the "pleasure center".

The frame shows lab instruments, equipment, and a diagram appears on the monitor.

A dog with electrodes in its head and wires eats from a bowl.

A female employee turns the handle of the device.

The "pleasure center" is stimulated.

The dog drops its food and starts pressing a large button, which results in constant stimulation of the "pleasure center".

Close-up - a cat.

Cats on the windowsill, a dog sitting below.

The dog barks, the cats meow and hiss.

Animated insert - a cat with a dog.

The cat is used as an example to show how the limbic system is excited, the sympathetic system is activated, the adrenal glands, the secreted adrenaline increases blood circulation, breathing, increases muscle energy - the animal's behavior changes dramatically (the cat runs away from the dog in horror).

Laboratory mice are fighting.

A scientist is watching the mice.

The mice are fighting, showing aggression.

Electrodes are attached to the cat (to a part of the brain).

Close-up - a hand is turning the handle of the device.

A discharge is sent to the brain.

A mouse is thrown to the cat, but he is absolutely indifferent to it, since the cat's aggression is suppressed.

Koltushi, laboratory of physiology and behavior of anthropoids.

A monkey near a mirror - looks at its reflection, jumps, rejoices.

Close-up - a monkey.

The monkey is lying on the table, trying to draw something on a piece of paper with a pen.

Two small monkeys on the table, next to the mirror.

Monkeys play with toys on the floor.

A lab worker gives monkeys water from a cup.

A monkey plays with a person, shows emotions, makes sounds.

Experiment with a monkey - parts of a children's pyramid move along a belt, the monkey takes them, strings them on a stick (the experiment is observed by employees).

Close-up - different photographs with monkeys.

A lab worker presses buttons, turns knobs on the control panel.

The employee works with equipment.

Close-up - a hand makes a mark on a sheet with instrument readings.

Close-up - electrodes are connected to a person's head.

A person with electrodes is lying on a bed, a lab worker in the next room observes the instrument readings.

Photos of different people - emotions, feelings, etc. are shown.