Understanding the Brain takes you inside the astonishingly complex brain and shows you how it works, from the gross level of its organization to the molecular level of how cells communicate. With its combination of neurology, biology, and psychology, this course helps you understand how we perceive the world through our senses, how we move, how we learn and remember, and how emotions affect our thoughts and actions.
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Delve into the latest neuroscientific research with 12 fascinating lectures that give you a deep understanding of what happens to the brain over time. Cutting-edge science comes to life as you go down to the cellular level of the brain to discover why certain brain functions decline—and which functions stay stable or even improve—and learn what you can do to prolong your health and keep your mind sharp.
To build a more accurate understanding of the brain, you have to start by shattering popular myths. Brain Myths Exploded: Lessons from Neuroscience is an eye-opening journey into the neuroscience of everyday life. Each of Dr. Indre Viskontas’s 24 lectures use a prevalent brain myth to explore topics including decision making, memory, dreams, emotions, neuroplasticity, consciousness, mental illness, and more.
With this set, get a thorough understanding of the brain in its many stages throughout a person’s life. First, build a solid foundation of knowledge with Introduction to Cognitive Science. Then, in The Aging Brain, see how time transforms the mind.
Build and maintain the brain you want with two series rooted in the latest neuroscience. First, discover neurological dimensions of communication in six practical and scientific lessons that prove the more we learn about the brain, the more we understand ourselves and others in The Brain-Based Guide to Communicating Better. Then, in The Aging Brain, shrink down to the molecular level of the brain to show you what you can do to prolong your health and keep your mind sharp.
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