Learn · MIT OpenCourseWare

Labeled image of a human cortex with regions marked with different colors.

Course9.1317 lectures20 h 10 min

The Human Brain

Prof. Nancy Kanwisher · Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Start with lecture 1 At MIT OpenCourseWare

About

This course surveys the core perceptual and cognitive abilities of the human mind and asks how they are implemented in the brain. Key themes include the representations, development, and degree of functional specificity of these components of mind and brain. The course will take students straight to the cutting edge of the field, empowering them to understand and critically evaluate empirical articles in the current literature.

Lectures

Lecture Videos

  1. Lecture 1: Introduction 1 h 20 min · Video
  2. Lecture 2: Neuroanatomy 51 min · Video
  3. Lecture 4: Cognitive Neuroscience Methods I 1 h 1 min · Video
  4. Lecture 5: Cognitive Neuroscience Methods II 1 h 12 min · Video
  5. Lecture 6: Experimental Design 57 min · Video
  6. Lecture 7: Category Selectivity, Controversies, and MVPA 1 h 10 min · Video
  7. Lecture 8: Navigation I 1 h 24 min · Video
  8. Lecture 9: Navigation II 1 h 12 min · Video
  9. Lecture 10: Development, Nature & Nurture I 1 h 22 min · Video
  10. Lecture 11: Development, Nature & Nurture II (2018) 1 h 18 min · Video
  11. Lecture 13: Number 1 h 11 min · Video
  12. Lecture 15: Hearing and Speech 1 h 19 min · Video
  13. Lecture 16: Music 1 h 13 min · Video
  14. Lecture 18: Language I 1 h 9 min · Video
  15. Lecture 20: Mentalizing and Theory of Mind 1 h 17 min · Video
  16. Lecture 21: Brain Networks 1 h 24 min · Video
  17. Lecture 24: Attention and Awareness 57 min · Video

Syllabus and materials

At MIT OpenCourseWare, as the course publishes them.

Credits and licence

Institution
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department
Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Teacher
Prof. Nancy Kanwisher
Term
Spring 2019
Level
Undergraduate
Language
English
Subjects
Biology, Medicine and health, Psychology and the brain
Source
MIT OpenCourseWare
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, as MIT OpenCourseWare states it. Non-commercial use only. MIT OpenCourseWare's terms
Attribution
Prof. Nancy Kanwisher. The Human Brain. Spring 2019. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu/. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.
Who can watch
MIT OpenCourseWare gives no rating. Invisible Network shows it to Teens profiles and older, judged from what the source says about it. How courses are placed