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The neuroscience of everyday life
- Title
- The neuroscience of everyday life [videorecording] / Sam Wang.
- Author
- Wang, Sam, 1967-
- Publication
- Chantilly, VA : Teaching Co., c2010.
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- Additional Authors
- Teaching Company. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr91045166
- Description
- 6 videodiscs (18 hr.) : digital; 4 3/4 in. +
- Summary
- This course explores the science and mystery of the human nervous system, from essential neurochemical and neurobiological processes to the psychological and social constructs they are thought to produce.
- Series Statement
- The great courses. Science & mathematics. Psychology
- Uniform Title
- Great courses (DVD). Science & mathematics.
- Subjects
- Nervous system
- Brain mapping
- Senses and sensation
- Memory
- Instructional films
- Developmental neurobiology
- Neurobiology
- Nonfiction films
- Neurophysiology
- Brain > Aging
- Nervous system > Aging
- Brain > Growth
- Psychophysiology
- Neural networks (Neurobiology)
- Neurosciences
- Neuropsychology
- Cognitive neuroscience
- Psychobiology
- Learning > Physiological aspects
- Cognition > Physiological aspects
- Brain > Physiology
- Genre/Form
- Instructional films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Note
- "Course no. 1540."
- Thirty-six lectures lasting 30 minutes each.
- Accompanying book, The neuroscience of everyday life, c2010, by Sam Wang, includes bibliographical references (p. 115-119).
- System Details (note)
- DVD, region 1.
- Contents
- Lecture 1. What is neuroscience? -- Lecture 2. How do neuroscientists study the brain? -- Lecture 3. Evolution, energetics, and the 10% myth -- Lecture 4. Neurons and synapses -- Lecture 5. Neurotransmitters and drugs -- Lecture 6. Juicing the brain -- Lecture 7. Coming to your senses -- Lecture 8. Perception and your brain's little lies -- Lecture 9. Pain-- all in your head? -- Lecture 10. Decisions-- your brain's secret ballot -- Lecture 11. Reward, adaptation, and addiction -- Lecture 12. The many forms of memory -- Lecture 13. quirks of memory -- Lecture 14. Learning, studying, and sleep -- Lecture 15 Willpower and mental Work -- Lecture 16. Work, play, and stress -- Lecture 17. Biological timekeepers and jet lag -- Lecture 18. The hidden talents of infants -- Lecture 19. The mozart myth and active learning -- Lecture 20. Childhood and adolescence -- Lecture 21. Handedness-- sports, speech, and presidents -- Lecture 22. Reaching the top of the mountain-- aging -- Lecture 23. "Brain exercise" and real exercise -- Lecture 24. Animal and human personality -- Lecture 25. Intelligence, genes, and environment -- Lecture 26. The weather in your brain-- emotions -- Lecture 27. Fear, loathing, and anger -- Lecture 28. From weather to climate-- mood -- Lecture 29. The social brain, empathy, and autism -- Lecture 30. Mars and Venus-- men's and women's brains -- Lecture 31. Sex, love, and bonds for life -- Lecture 32. Math and other evolutionary curiosities -- Lecture 33. Consciousness and free will -- Lecture 34. Near-death and other extreme experiences -- Lecture 35. Spirituality and religion -- Lecture 36. Happiness and other research opportunities.
- ISBN
- 9781598036978
- 1598036971
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library