TY - BOOK AU - Norden,Jeanette ED - Teaching Company TI - Understanding the brain / T2 - The great courses SN - 1598033638 AV - LB 14.6 N829u 2007 PY - 2007/// CY - Chantilly, Va. PB - Teaching Co. KW - Educación KW - Enseñanza KW - Cerebro KW - Neurofisiología KW - Neurociencias KW - Fisiología N1 - Course no. 1580 ; "Lecture transcript and course guidebook"--Cover; v. 1. Historical underpinnings of neuroscience -- Central nervous system : gross organization -- Central nervous system : internal organization -- Central nervous system : subdivisions -- Cortex : lobes and areas -- Cortex : sensory, motor, and association areas -- Central nervous system : development -- Central nervous system : cellular organization -- Pathways and synapses -- Neurotransmitters -- Stroke -- The visual system : the eye. v.2: The visual system : the cortex -- The auditory system -- The somatosensory system -- Agnosias -- The motor system : voluntary movement -- The motor system : coordinated movement -- Parkinson's disease -- Language -- The limbic system : anatomy -- The limbic system : biochemistry -- Depression -- The reward system : anatomy. v.3. The reward system : drugs -- Brain plasticity -- Emotion and executive function -- Processing of negative emotions : fear -- Music and the brain -- Sexual dimorphism of the brain -- Sleep and dreaming -- Consciousness and the self -- Alzheimer's disease -- Risk factors for Alzheimer's disease -- Wellness and the brain : effects of stress -- Neuroscience : looking back and looking ahead N2 - "Designed as a survey course to introduce individuals without a background in science to the modern field of neuroscience. Drawing on everyday experience and popular books, as well as current research, the course seeks to amaze and inform the learner about" the brain -- Course guidebook ER -