The brain is the most complex phenomenon in the universe, and we are only just starting to understand how it works - and what it is capable of. Therefore, it is all the more incredible to watch the American neuroscientist Richard Davidson at work. Davidson has set out to explore how one can physically change the brain - merely by the power of thinking. And this is in fact anything but abstract. Steve and Rich are two of America's thousands of war veterans. Their life is a nightmare. They are plagued by a fear of being together with other people, can not sleep without medication and suffer from guilt feelings about the things they experienced and did to other people during the war. 5-year-old Will has ADHD and severe anxiety attacks. His parents are willing to try alternative methods to the traditional and addictive medication. All three of them are in 'brain therapy' with professor Richard Davidson - and how it pans out is something you simply have to see with your own eyes in 'Free the Mind', which follows the three guinea pigs on their courageous journey into themselves. Phie Ambo has created a readily understandable and educative film about a subject that sounds like science fiction, but which might soon become standard practice.

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