Neuroscience

Professors and scientists from some of the top schools lecture here on neuroscience.

1. Grey Matters: Conscious and Unconscious Memory Systems. Dr. Larry Squire of UCSD discusses memory and memory problems in this lecture, including real-life examples of those suffering from memory issues.
2. How Social Behavior Changes the Brain. Dr. Russell Fernald lectures at Stanford on brain changes that occur based on social behavior.
3. Neuroscience and Behavior. Gerald Schneider lectures in this MIT class about the neural system and its functions.
4. Brain Structure and its Origins. These audio lectures from a class at MIT by Professor Gerald Schneider covers the limbic system, the hypothalamus, taste, auditory and visual systems, and more.
5. Music and the Mind. Aniruddh Patel of the Neurosciences Institute discusses the intriguing connection between music and the brain.
6. Grey Matters: Understanding Language. Professor Jeff Elman at UCSD lectures on research exploring how language is different from other animals’ forms of communication.
7. Structural Plasticity in the Adult Brain. As part of the President’s Lecture Series at Princeton, Elizabeth Gould speaks about how research on neurons can lead to solutions for brain illness or injury that have traditionally left those impacted with diminished brain capacity.
8. Health Matters: Behavior and Our Brain. Neuroscientist Terrence Sejnowski lectures on what scientists have begun to understand about the ways the brain contributes to what people like, how they behave, and what skills people have.
9. Animal Behavior. This MIT class provides audio lectures exploring adaptive behavior of animals and how this relates to humans.
10. Personal Identity, Neuroethics and the Human Brain. Dartmouth’s Michael S. Gazzaniga explores neuroscience, ethics, and personal identity in this lecture.