Neuroscience of Everyday Life
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Neuroscience of Everyday Life
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Professor Sam Wang
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The Great Courses
About this listen
Your nervous system is you. All the thoughts, perceptions, moods, passions, and dreams that make you an active, sentient being are the work of this amazing network of cells. For many centuries, people knew this was true. But no one was sure how it happened. Now, thanks to the exciting new field of neuroscience, we can chart the workings of the brain and the rest of the nervous system in remarkable detail to explain how neurons, synapses, neurotransmitters, and other biological processes produce all the experiences of everyday life, in every stage of life.
From the spectacular growth of the brain in infancy to the act of learning a skill, falling in love, getting a joke, revising an opinion, or even forgetting a name, something very intriguing is going on behind the scenes.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2020-09-06
Amazing course for curious people
This course is outstandingly interesting and the professor Sam Wang does a great job at easily explaining complex concept. This lecture made me want to explore further the field of neuroscience. Loved it.
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- Roman Szomolai
- 2022-10-17
good course, few mistakes
course is very good and does cover most of important topics. aome topics are misrepresented; for example part about autism is just wrong. also referencing visual material...
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- Nicolle Stevenson
- 2023-05-28
Incredibly informative!
If you are interested in learning about the brain’s function, mental wellness and why we do and think the way that we do, then this series will be a great fit for you.
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- Anonymous User
- 2021-07-01
This was a Great Course!
I'm just beginning to get into this field and will be starting school for Psychology in September. I find everything mentioned in the lectures very interesting. The presentation was very well performed, however unfortunate that I was unable to follow along with the videos and pictures. Personally, I will be listening to this on my way to work and school several time over.
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- LL
- 2023-04-06
Excellent introduction to the topic
Fascinating! Excellent introduction to the topics. We are indeed trying to figure out who we are as human after all!
Have recommended the book to others.
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- Jacqueline LaBlonde
- 2020-07-30
Useful
Long but useful. Narration is good. love that the Chapters are identified for easy reference. Thank you for that
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- Christopher Staniforth
- 2021-01-31
Not bad, but some criticisms
The parts of the lectures I appreciated:
1) when neurobiology was emphasized
2) studies were cited and explained
The parts of the lectures I found lacking:
1) when personal opinions about clinical matters were given even though the lecturer is not a clinician (and it shows in his comments)
2) the reliance on psychology to discuss the chapter headings instead of neurobiology
3) when photos and videos are referenced but not provided in the PDF (ie all the images and videos referenced in the course)
4) delving into scientific explanations for religious experiences - tacky and misses the point that there are some things that are outside of the realm of scientific exploration and reasoning
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- KBGOULET
- 2024-01-14
Some misinformation
Good speaker, but as other have said he should not be making clinical recommendations as he is not a clinician. His views are often not supported by most clinical research.
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- Night Rider
- 2020-03-05
unable to find the images of the brain structures
unable to get the full value from the title as I do not know where to refer for the pictures of the brain structures the lecturer is referring to :-(
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