The Twinning Reaction
Filmmaker Lori Shinseki lays bare the 1960s Neubauer-Bernard study, a research experiment in which identical twins and triplets were split up in infancy, sent to different adoptive families, and then subsequently studied in secret. This documentary examines the traumatic, long-term effects of the separations and the continuing deception of the twins and their adoptive families.
Filmmaker Lori Shinseki lays bare the 1960s Neubauer-Bernard study, a research experiment in which identical twins and triplets were split up in infancy, sent to different adoptive families, and then subsequently studied in secret. This documentary examines the traumatic, long-term effects of the separations and the continuing deception of the twins and their adoptive families.
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