Hjernevask
Hjernevask (Brainwash) is a Norwegian popular science documentary series that aired on Norwegian television in 2010. The series was produced by Harald Eia and Ole Martin Ihle, and was completed in seven episodes consisting of interviews with Norwegian and foreign researchers who have different views on the nature versus nurture debate.
Ihle has stated that the pair initially planned to make a TV program about the biology associated with Darwin year, but Steven Pinker's controversial bestseller The Blank Slate convinced them to "go a little deeper into the biological basis for the difference between people".[1] 2010, Eia received the Fritt Ord Honorary Award "for, through the programme Brainwash, having precipitated one of the most heated debates on research in recent times."[2]
Episodes
A producer has explicitly made the series available online.[3] Episodes linked here have English subtitles:
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Title | Participants | Air Date[4] |
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| 1 | 1 | The Gender Equality Paradox | Anniken Huitfeldt, Jørgen Lorentzen, Cathrine Egeland, Camilla Schreiner, Simon Baron-Cohen, Richard Lippa, Anne Campbell, Trond Diseth | March 1, 2010 |
| Why do girls tend to go into empathizing professions and boys into systemizing professions? Why does the labor market become more gender segregated the more economic prosperity a country has? | ||||
| 2 | 2 | The Parental Effect | Gudmund Hernes, Willy Pedersen, Judith Rich Harris, Hans Olav Tungesvik, Robert Plomin | March 8, 2010 |
| How much influence do parents really have on their children? To what degree is intelligence inherited? | ||||
| 3 | 3 | Gay/Straight | Sturla Berg Johansen, Thomas Folkestad, Jørgen Lorentzen, Agnes Bolsø, Nils Axel Nissen, Gerulf Rieger, Ricard Lippa, Simon LeVay, Arve Sørum, Glenn Wilson | March 15, 2010 |
| To what extent is sexual preference innate? Are there differences between heterosexuals and homosexuals? Is homosexuality a result of a choice or is it innate? | ||||
| 4 | 4 | Violence | Hedda Giertsen, Richard Nisbett, Erling Sandmo, Ingvild Forbord, Marit Clementz, Steven Pinker, Ragnhild Bjørnebekk, Inger Lise Lien, David Buss | March 22, 2010 |
| Are people from some cultures more aggressive than others? | ||||
| 5 | 5 | Sex | Willy Pedersen, Jørgen Lorentzen, Leif Edward Kennair, Anne Campbell, Gro Isachsen, Martine Aurdal, Richard Lippa, David Buss | April 5, 2010 |
| Are there biological reasons men have a greater tendency than women to want sex without obligation? | ||||
| 6 | 6 | Race | Trond Thorbjørnsen, Knut Olav Åmås, Cathrine Sandnes, Charles Murray, Richard Nisbett, Richard Lynn. | April 12, 2010 |
| Are there significant genetic differences between different peoples? | ||||
| 7 | 7 | Nature or Nurture | Jørgen Lorentzen, Knut Olav Åmås, Agnes Bolsø, Trond H. Diseth, Nils Axel Nissen, Martine Aurdal, Hedda Giertsen, Cathrine Egeland, Tom Colbjørnsen, Simon Baron-Cohen, Steven Pinker, Leif Edward Ottesen Kennair, Philip Skau, Vigdis Bunkholdt, Simon LeVay. | April 19, 2010 |
| Is personality acquired or inherited? | ||||
References
- ↑ "Vasker forskerhjerner". Universitas. 2010-02-24. Retrieved 2013-05-25.
- ↑ "Harald Eia, Dag Hessen and Bjørn Vassnes receive the Fritt Ord Foundation Tribute". The Fritt Ord Foundation. December 8, 2010. Retrieved September 5, 2012.
- ↑ "Norwegian wood and the nature-nurture question". Mail archive. 2011-02-25. Retrieved 2013-05-25.
- ↑ "Hjernevask på nrk.no" (in Norwegian). NRK. Retrieved April 6, 2010.