Lectures (Video)
Understanding the Brain (Part II)
Course Summary
This course is based on Understanding the Brain made available by Internet Archive.
This course on the brain, its structure and functions consists of 36 lectures divided into 4 parts and is conducted by Prof. Jeanette Norden a recipient of multiple awards for teaching excellence. Part II explores how the brain and the mind are thought to be related. It covers three of the sensory systems and how information comes into the brain through the eyes, ears and body. Parkinson's disease will be covered at the end of this part.
Prof. Jeanette Norden is the Director of Medical Education in the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology in the School of Medicine at Vanderbilt University. She is a six-time recipient of the Jack Davies Award for teaching excellence in the basic sciences; and a four-time recipient of the Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award. She was also awarded the first Chair of Teaching Excellence at Vanderbilt University. In 2000, Norden was the recipient of the Robert J. Glaser Award, a national teaching award from the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society of the American Medical Association.
Reading Material
1. Understanding the BrainUnderstanding the Brain: Towards a New Learning Science, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, OECD Publishing, 2002, ISBN 9264197346, 9789264197343.
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2. The Human Brain
Paul Glees, The Human Brain, Cambridge University Press, 2005, ISBN 0521249740, 9780521249744.
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3. Brain architecture: understanding the basic plan
Larry W. Swanson, Brain architecture: understanding the basic plan, Oxford University Press US, 2003, ISBN 0195105052, 9780195105056.
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