The Wang, Sam 1967- creator Teaching Company mixed material vau Chantilly, Virginia The Teaching Company 2010 monographic eng 6 videodiscs (18 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (viii, 119 p.) 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. Disc 1. Lectures 1 to 6. What is neuroscience? ; How do neuroscientists study the brain? ; Evolution, energetics, and the 10% myth ; Neurons and synapses ; Neurotransmitters and drugs ; Juicing the brain -- Disc 2. Lectures 7 to 12. Coming to your senses ; Perception and your brain's little lies ; Pain - all in your head? ; Decisions - your brain's secret ballot ; Reward, adaptation, and addiction ; Many forms of memory -- Disc 3. Lectures 13 - 18. Quirks of memory ; Learning, studying, and sleep ; Willpower and mental work ; Work, play, and stress ; Biological timekeepers and jet lag ; Hidden talents of infants -- Disc 4. Lectures 19- 24. Mozart myth and active learning ; Childhood and adolescence ; Handedness-- sports, speech, and presidents ; Reaching the top of the mountain - aging ; "Brain exercise" and real exercise ; Animal and human personality -- Disc 5. Lectures 25 - 30. Intelligence, genes, and environment ; Weather in your brain - emotions ; Fear, loathing, and anger ; From weather to climate - Mood ; Social brain, empathy, and autism ; Mars and Venus-- men's and women's brains -- Disc 6. Lectures 31 to 36. Sex, love, and bonds for life ; Math and other evolutionary curiosities ; Consciousness and free will ; Near-death and other extreme experiences ; Spirituality and religion ; Happiness and other research opportunities. Sam Wang Course no. 1540. "Science & mathematics"--Container Thirty-six lectures lasting 30 minutes each. 6 DVD que contienen 36 lecturas / 30 minutos por lectura. Education Teaching Educación Enseñanza Cerebro Neurociencias Neurociencia cognoscitiva LB 14.6 W246n 2010 370 Science & mathematics 9781598036978 (DVD) 1598036971 190627 20230411090124.0 spa