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A Clinical Approach to the Human Brain, Fall 2006
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Abstract: This course is designed to provide an understanding of how the human brain works in health and disease, and is intended for both the Brain and Cognitive Science major and the non-Brain and Cognitive Science major. Knowledge of how the human brain works is important for all citizens, and the lessons to ... More »
Addiction and neural ageing
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Abstract: This unit looks at two topics that are of immense worldwide social, economic, ethical, and political importance – ‘addiction’ and ‘neural ageing’. You will develop a Master's level approach to the study of specific issues within these two important subject areas.
Balloon Brain: Designing a Helmet
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Abstract: In this video segment adapted from ZOOM, cast members are challenged to design protective headgear for a water balloon using what they know about the properties of the materials available.
Biological Bases of Mind and Behavior 1 Fall 2007
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Abstract: Biological Bases of Mind and Behavior 1. From Psych 1: General Psychology - Fall 2007. Introduction to the principal areas, problems, and concepts of psychology; for psychology majors. Closed Captioned webcast available.
Biological Bases of Mind and Behavior 2 Fall 2007
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Abstract: Biological Bases of Mind and Behavior 2. From Psych 1: General Psychology - Fall 2007. Introduction to the principal areas, problems, and concepts of psychology; for psychology majors. Closed Captioned webcast available.
Biological Bases of Mind and Behavior 3 Fall 2007
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Abstract: Biological Bases of Mind and Behavior 3. From Psych 1: General Psychology - Fall 2007. Introduction to the principal areas, problems, and concepts of psychology; for psychology majors. Closed Captioned webcast available.
Brain Geography
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Abstract: Which part of your brain controls your ability to swallow? Your instinct to survive? And how do all the brain's parts function cooperatively? Find out with this interactive feature from the NOVA: "Coma" Web site.
Brain: Our Sense of Self
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Abstract: Helps middle school students understand basic scientific principles related to the brain and nervous system. Five lessons examine the structure and specialized regions of the brain, its diverse functions, how the body receives and delivers information through the nervous system, factors that affect learning, ... More »
Brains and Culture: Love, Lies & Neurotransmitters, Fall 2002
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Abstract: Subject examines the brain as a cultural object in contemporary media, science, and society. Explores cultural assumptions about neuroscience by drawing on anthropology, history, semiotics, and the cognitive sciences. Topics include historical views of the brain; digital images of the brain; psychopharmacology; ... More »
Culture, Embodiment and the Senses, Fall 2005
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Abstract: Culture, Embodiment, and the Senses will provide an historical and cross-cultural analysis of the politics of sensory experience. The subject will address western philosophical debates about mind, brain, emotion, and the body and the historical value placed upon sight, reason, and rationality, versus ... More »
David Lynch: Consciousness, Creativity and the Brain
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Abstract: The inside story on transcending the brain, with David Lynch, Award-winning film director of Blue Velvet, Twin Peaks, Mullholland Drive, Inland Empire (filming); John Hagelin, Ph.D., Quantum physicist featured in "What the bleep do we know?; and Fred Travis, Ph.D., Director, Center for Brain, Consciousness ... More »
Developmental Neurobiology, Spring 2005
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Abstract: Considers molecular control of neural specification, formation of neuronal connections, construction of neural systems, and the contributions of experience to shaping brain structure and function. Topics include: neural induction and pattern formation, cell lineage and fate determination, neuronal migration, ... More »
Dr. Jay Giedd: The Adolescent Brain
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Abstract: In this transcript from FRONTLINE: "Inside the Teenage Brain," neuroscientist Dr. Jay Giedd discusses new research on brain development in teenagers.
Emotions and the Brain 1 Fall 2007
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Abstract: Emotions and the Brain 1. From Psych 156: Human Emotion - Fall 2007. This course will examine two different theoretical perspectives on emotion: (1) the differential emotions approach with its strong evolutionary grounding, and (2) the social constructionist approach. Next, the course will investigate ... More »
Emotions and the Brain 2 Fall 2007
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Abstract: Emotions and the Brain 2. From Psych 156: Human Emotion - Fall 2007. This course will examine two different theoretical perspectives on emotion: (1) the differential emotions approach with its strong evolutionary grounding, and (2) the social constructionist approach. Next, the course will investigate ... More »
Everest: Test Your Brain
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Abstract: This interactive feature from the NOVA "Everest" Web site lets you take the same brain quizzes that researchers used to test the brain function of climbers on Mount Everest.
From sound to meaning: hearing, speech and language
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Abstract: Human communication is vastly more complex than that of any other species we know about. It is so complex that linguists are only just beginning to identify the processes in the brain that are related to understanding language. This unit looks at how language is understood by taking an interdisciplinary ... More »
Functional MRI of High-Level Vision, Fall 2004
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Abstract: Covers the basics of fMRI, the strengths and limitations of fMRI compared to other techniques, and the design and analysis of fMRI experiments, focusing primarily on experiments on high-level vision. Upon completion, students should be able to understand and critique published fMRI papers, have a good ... More »
Hearing
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Abstract: Hearing is a familiar and important human sense that is a topic naturally of interest to those who are curious about human biology. This unit will enable you to relate what you read to your own sensory experiences – and indeed many of the questions asked have exactly that function. This unit will be ... More »
How Your Brain Understands What Your Ear Hears
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Abstract: helps students learn how audio and visual cues can help communication, how loudness is measured, how changes in the hearing pathway may affect hearing, and how to prevent hearing loss. Animations (under student activities) show an ear hearing the Gettysburg Address in 5 languages, a graphic display of ... More »