| Introduction to Psychology |
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8-9% Biological bases of behaviorNeuroanatomy Functional organization of the nervous system Endocrine system Physiological techniques Genetics Etiology
7-8% Sensation and perceptionReceptor processes: vision, audition Sensory mechanisms: thresholds, adaptation Other senses: somethesis, olfaction, gustation, vestibular system Perceptual development Perceptual processes Attention
Video The Behaving Brain from Discovering Psychology
This program discusses the structure and composition of the brain: how neurons function, how information is collected and transmitted, and how chemical reactions determine every thought, feeling, and action. With Dr. John Gabrieli of Stanford University and Dr. Mieke Verfaellie of Veterans Medical Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts. Updated. (Broadband Video on Demand)The Responsive Brain from Discovering Psychology
How the brain controls behavior and, conversely, how behavior and environment influence the brain’s structure and functioning are the focus of this program. With Dr. Michael Meaney of McGill University and Dr. Russell Fernald of Stanford University. Updated. (Broadband Video on Demand)Cognitive Neuroscience from Discovering Psychology
Cognitive neuroscience represents the attempt to understand mental processes at the level of the brain’s functioning and not merely from information-processing models and theories. It relies heavily on an empirical analysis of what is happening in the brain, and where, when a person thinks, reasons, decides, judges, encodes information, recalls information, learns, and solves problems. Cognitive neuroscience allies psychologists, biologists, brain researchers, and others in what is perhaps the most dramatic advance in the last decade of psychological research. With Dr. John Gabrieli of Stanford University and Dr. Stephen Kosslyn of Harvard University. New. (Broadband Video on Demand)Lecture 1 Introduction (Bloom -- Yale)
Lecture 2 Foundations: This Is Your Brain (Bloom -- Yale)
Lecture 3 Foundations: Freud (Bloom -- Yale)
Lecture 4 Foundations: Skinner (Bloom -- Yale)
Text The Brain : BoereePerception and Interaction : Boeree
Evolution and Genes (Sparknotes)
Introduction Evolution and Genes Principles of Genetics Types of Genetic Studies Evolution and Natural Selection Evolutionary Psychology Quick Review Review Questions Evolution and Genes Quiz Neurons, Hormones, and the Brain (Sparknotes)
Introduction Neurons, Hormones, and the Brain The Nervous System Neurons: Cells of the Nervous System Neurotransmitters Studying the Brain Structure and Functions of the Brain The Endocrine System Quick Review Review Questions Neurons, Hormones, and the Brain Quiz
Lectures [checking new URL]Lecture 1 The Brain; The Nervous System : KeanLecture 2 Illustrated Nervous System : Kean
Lecture 3 Disorders in Association Cortex : Kean
Agnosia Prosopagnosia Sensory Neglect Autotopagnosia Language Deficits Lecture 4 Cells in the Nervous System : Kean
Neuron Electrical activity in the neuron Principles of Neural Action Lecture 5 Sir Charles Sherrington; Synaptic Transmission : Kean
Endocrine System Lecture Notes for Week 2 : Cannon
Cells of the Nervous System Communication within a Neuron Stages of Action Potential Synaptic Transmission Lecture Notes for Week 3 : Cannon
Structure of the Nervous System [Checking new URL] Lecture 1 notes : Kean
Cognition Sensation Psychophysics (Sensation & Detection) Signal Detection Theory The Senses Kinesthesis and the vestibular senses Skin senses Taste Smell Hearing Vision Visual Pathways Vision Interaction Physiology Color Color Contrast Perception Perception of Depth Perception of Movement Form Perception Perceptual Segregation Pattern Recognition Lecture 9 notes : Kean Perceptual Problem Solving Perceptual Selection
Serendip : Brain and Behavior: Bryn Mawr
Tutorials : Krantz Click onBasic Neural Functions
Serendip : Genes and Behavior : Bryn Mawr
Tutorials : Krantz Click onHow do we perceive sound and Sensation and Perception Follow some other links under
Quiz Ace Practice Tests: Bernstein Click on Chapter 3: Sensation and Perception
Library 610.285 HUMA editors of Time-Life Books. The Human body
PER. JAN/FEB 2001 Psychology Today [magazine] 2001.
Resources Lecture Notes for Week 4 : CannonTypes of Muscles Lecture Notes for Week 5 : Cannon
Ingestive Behavior: Drinking Lecture Notes for Week 6 : Cannon
Visual System Lecture Notes for Week 8 : Cannon
Eating Lecture Notes for Week 9 : Cannon
Reproduction Ameoba Web Click on Biopsychology
Ameoba Web Click on Sensation and Perception
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