Neuroscience Course 1 (~17h)

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What is Neuroscience? 5 Topics

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Definition of Neuroscience

Neuroscience Living Staircase

Questions Neuroscience Seeks to Answer

Five divisions of Neuroscience

Why We Study the Brain

History of Neuroscience 4 Topics

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Brain vs. Heart

Mind-Body Dualism

Three Foundational Neuroscience Discoveries

Overview of Neuroscience Topics

Key Concepts in Neuroscience 7 Topics | 1 Quiz

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Brain Facts

Gray and White Matter (Cerebral Cortex)

Spinal Cord

Peripheral Nervous System

Levels of Analysis in Neuroscience

Directions in the body

Planes of the Brain

Key Concepts Quiz

Neurons and Signaling 13 Topics | 1 Quiz

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Nervous System and the Brain

Structure of Neuron

Electrical Signaling

Sodium & Potassium Ions

Ions and Ion Channels

Membrane Potential Demo

Action Potential

Teterodotoxin (Puffer fish) (Optional)

Chemical Signaling

Intracellular Transport in Neurons

Microscope Images of Neurons

3D Models of Neurons (Optional)

Neuron Review

Signaling Quiz

Sensory System 12 Topics | 1 Quiz

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Intro to Sensory System

Vision

Taste

Smell

Hearing

Touch

Proprioception

Sensory Receptors in Action

Sensory Neuron Q&A

Somatosensory Pathway (homunculus)

Motor System

Sensing the Environment

Sensory Systems Quiz

Brain Evolution 5 Topics

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Brain Evolution: Key Concepts

Why do we have a brain?

Evolution Review (Optional)

Brain Evolution: Costs and Benefits

Senses and Adaptation

Brain (Cortex) 10 Topics | 1 Quiz

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Structure and Function in the Brain

Two Hemispheres

Cutting the Corpus Callosum

Four Lobes Overview

Frontal Lobe

Parietal Lobe

Occipital Lobe

Temporal Lobe

Interactive Brain Image Demo

Review (Optional)

Cortex Quiz

Brain (Subcortical) 6 Topics | 1 Quiz

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Limbic System (Memory)

Basal Ganglia

Thalamus and Hypothalamus

Midbrain, Cerebellum, and Brain Stem

Damage to occipital lobe and brain stem (Optional)

Review and Q&A

Subcortical Quiz

Spinal Cord 5 Topics

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Overview

Reflexes

How can we walk?

Benefits of Reflexes

Reflexes (Bonus video and Q&A)

Peripheral Nervous System 5 Topics

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Overview

Cranial Nerves

Spinal Nerves

Measuring Electrical Activity in Muscles and Neurons Demo (Optional)

Autonomic Nervous System

Consciousness 7 Topics | 1 Quiz

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Mind-Body Problem

Big Questions of Consciousness

Scientific Methods for Studying Consciousness

Brain Damage and effects on Consciousness

Mind/Brain & Sentience/Consciousness discussion (Optional)

Evolutionary Explanation for Afflictive Emotions (Optional)

Q&A

Vocabulary Review

Student Q&A (Optional) 18 Topics

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Location and function of hippocampus and amygdala?

Are humans moving away from adaptation?

Difference between nerve and neuron?

What produces emotions?

Connection between brain hemispheres in vision?

What is mind? And is everything in science measurable?

Could Phineas Gage be retrained to change his personality?

What happens when one sense is damaged?

Is memorization a brain function? Can animals without brains have memories?

Neuroscientist definition of self? Relation between self and brain?

What is déjà vu?

What are the functions of the lateral geniculate gucleus (LGN)?

What are the causes of learning differences between individuals?

How can identical twins have different personalities?

What is the evolutionary reason for suffering?

How do headaches relate to the brain?

If we could utilize all neurons, could we become enlightened?

Miscellaneous (mind, reflexes of blind people, developmental neuroscience)

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