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Summary: In thirty-six each half hour lectures, Professor Sam Wang explores the science and mystery of the human nervous system, from essential neurochemical and neurobiological processes to the psychological and social constructs they are thought to produce.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2010
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 612.8 NEUCall number: DVD 612.8 NEU
Summary: The fascinating interplay of genetic predispositions and experience in the development of the brain after birth is demonstrated in this program filmed at the Brain Development Laboratory at the University of Oregon. Three profiles of plasticity are depicted with compelling footage of behavioral, MRI, and EEG research into the development of visual perception and language acquisition from...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: Emotions deeply color individual human existence and shape all aspects of our interpersonal and intellectual experiences. In this program, animations and fMRI images introduce students to the sub-cortical emotional circuits in the brain and chemical processes that produce emotional responses and contribute to decision making and mental health. Live action sequences, both in laboratory and...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: Using the resources of the UCLA Brain Mapping Center, this program illustrates the development of neuroscience from its classical reliance on information from brain injuries and autopsies through current-day insights discovered with electronic microscopes, EEG equipment, PET scans, and MRI machines. Examples of research that utilizes these tools are presented, including a study on the role of...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: "People have wanted to look inside the human mind, the human brain, for thousands of years. Well, coming out of the research labs just now, for our generation, is the possibility to do that," says Christopher deCharms. In this TEDTalk, the neuroscientist and inventor demonstrates how rtfMRI displays brain activity in real time - and explains how by understanding cause-and-effect brain...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008