MIT 9.13 The Human Brain, Spring 2019
Instructor: Nancy Kanwisher
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Prof. Kanwisher tells a true story to introduce the course, then covers the why, how, and what of studying the human brain and gives a course overview.
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MIT 9.13 The Human Brain, Spring 2019
Instructor: Nancy Kanwisher
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Basic brief neuroanatomy review in preparation for dissection, including an introduction to the cortex, primary regions, and topographic maps.
* NOTE: Lecture 3. Master Class: Human Brain Dissection (in-class dissection—video not recorded)
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MIT 9.13 The Human Brain, Spring 2019
Instructor: Nancy Kanwisher
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Introduction to methods in cognitive neuroscience including computation, behavior, fMRI, ERPs & MEG, neuropsychology patients, TMS, and intracranial recordings in humans and nonhuman primates.
* NOTE: Lecture 3. Master Class: Human Brain Dissection (in-class dissection—video not recorded)
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MIT 9.13 The Human Brain, Spring 2019
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Methods in cognitive neuroscience continued.
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MIT 9.13 The Human Brain, Spring 2019
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This session reviews the last two lectures, face recognition, and explores types of experimental methods.
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MIT 9.13 The Human Brain, Spring 2019
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Covers controversies and alternative views of the ventral visual pathway, multiple voxel pattern analysis, and the two visual pathways.
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MIT 9.13 The Human Brain, Spring 2019
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The functional organization of scene perception and navigation and the various brain structures that implement them.
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MIT 9.13 The Human Brain, Spring 2019
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Scene perception and navigation continued.
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MIT 9.13 The Human Brain, Spring 2019
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This lecture examines how we think the cortex organizes in the brain over infancy and childhood, and the function of genes vs experience.
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MIT 9.13 The Human Brain, Spring 2019
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Continues the discussion of genes vs experience on cortical organization, and whether the cortex can change in adulthood.
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MIT 9.13 The Human Brain, Spring 2019
Instructor: Michael Cohen (guest lecturer)
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Exploration of sensory restoration including brain-machine interface, restoring movement and touch and vision, including gene therapy.
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MIT 9.13 The Human Brain, Spring 2019
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Explores the nature of the human representation of number and how it is implemented in the brain.
* NOTE: Lecture 14: New Methods Applied to Number (student breakout groups—video not recorded)
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MIT 9.13 The Human Brain, Spring 2019
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Humans use hearing in species-specific ways, for speech and music. Ongoing research is working out the functional organization of these and other human auditory skills.
* NOTE: Lecture 14: New Methods Applied to Number (student breakout groups—video not recorded)
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MIT 9.13 The Human Brain, Spring 2019
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The functional organization of music in human beings.
* NOTE: Lecture 17: MEG Decoding and RSA (video not recorded)
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MIT 9.13 The Human Brain, Spring 2019
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Covers the basic organization of language in the brain and the long-standing question of the relationship between thought and language.
* NOTE: Lecture 17: MEG Decoding and RSA (video not recorded)
* NOTE: Lecture 19: Language II (class canceled—video not recorded)
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MIT 9.13 The Human Brain, Spring 2019
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The ability of humans to think about what other people are thinking is implemented in brain regions highly specialized for this function alone.
* NOTE: Lecture 19: Language II (class canceled—video not recorded)
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MIT 9.13 The Human Brain, Spring 2019
Instructor: Nancy Kanwisher
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Looks at the major white matter tracts in the human brain, predicting function and correlations between regions.
* NOTE: Lecture 22: Experimental Design (student breakout groups—video not recorded)
* NOTE: Lecture 23: Deep Networks (2021) (video will be added soon)
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MIT 9.13 The Human Brain, Spring 2019
Instructor: Nancy Kanwisher
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Looks at the differences in the mind and brain between perceptual information we are aware of versus information we are not.
* NOTE: Lecture 23: Deep Networks (2021) (video will be added soon)
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Lecture 6: Vision 2 Instructor: John Gabrieli View the complete course: http://ocw.mit.edu/9-00SCS11 License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA
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