| Description |
6 video discs (1080 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (viii, 119 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm). |
| Series |
The great courses. Science & mathematics. Psychology |
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Great courses (DVD). Science & mathematics.
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| System Details |
DVD, region 1. |
| Note |
"Course number 1540." |
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Thirty-six lectures on six discs lasting 30 minutes each. |
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For specific features see interactive menu. |
| Bibliography |
Course guidebook includes outline and bibliographical references (pages 115-119). |
| Performer |
Lecturer: Professor Sam Wang, Princeton University. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. What is neuroscience? -- How do neuroscientists study the brain? -- Evolution, energetics, and the 10% myth -- Neurons and synapses -- Neurotransmitters and drugs -- Juicing the brain. |
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Disc 2. Coming to your senses -- Perception and your brain's little lies -- Pain-all in your head? -- Decisions-your brain's secret ballot -- Reward, adaptation, and addiction -- The many forms of memory. |
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Disc 3. Quirks of memory -- Learning, studying, and sleep -- Willpower and mental Work -- Work, play, and stress -- Biological timekeepers and jet lag -- The hidden talents of infants. |
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Disc 4. The Mozart myth and active learning -- Childhood and adolescence -- Handedness-sports, speech, and presidents -- Reaching the top of the mountain-aging -- "Brain exercise" and real exercise -- Animal and human personality. |
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Disc 5. Intelligence, genes, and environment -- The weather in your brain-- emotions -- Fear, loathing, and anger -- From weather to climate-- mood -- The social brain, empathy, and autism -- Mars and Venus-- men's and women's brains. |
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Disc 6. Sex, love, and bonds for life -- Math and other evolutionary curiosities -- Consciousness and free will -- Near-death and other extreme experiences -- Spirituality and religion -- Happiness and other research opportunities. |
| 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. |
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Neurosciences -- Videodiscs.
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Nervous system -- Videodiscs.
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Nervous system -- Aging -- Videodiscs.
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Neurobiology -- Videodiscs.
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Neural networks (Neurobiology) -- Videodiscs.
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Developmental neurobiology -- Videodiscs.
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Neurophysiology -- Videodiscs.
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Neuropsychology -- Videodiscs.
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Psychobiology -- Videodiscs.
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Psychophysiology -- Videodiscs.
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Brain -- Videodiscs.
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Brain mapping -- Videodiscs.
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Brain -- Aging -- Videodiscs.
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Brain -- Growth -- Videodiscs.
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Brain -- Physiology -- Videodiscs.
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Cognition -- Physiological aspects -- Videodiscs.
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Cognitive neuroscience -- Videodiscs.
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Learning -- Physiological aspects -- Videodiscs.
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Senses and sensation -- Videodiscs.
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Memory -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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Filmed lectures.
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Educational films.
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DVD-Video discs.
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| Added Author |
Teaching Company.
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| ISBN |
9781598036978 |
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1598036971 |
| Standard No. |
9781598036978 |
| Music No. |
PD1540A Teaching Co. |
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1540 Teaching Company |
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