The learning brain

DVD 2018

One of the most complicated and advanced computers on Earth can't be purchased in any store. This astonishing device, responsible for storing and retrieving vast quantities of information that can be accessed at a moment's notice, is the human brain. How does such a dynamic and powerful machine make memories, learn a language, and remember how to drive a car? What habits can we adopt to learn more effectively throughout our lives? And how do fact...

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Brain

Cognition

Learning Physiological aspects

Neurosciences

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ISBN:

9781629975382

Description:

4 videodiscs (720 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (vi, 250 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm)
digital optical
videodisc
DVD
video file DVD video
polychrome

Target Audience Note:

Canadian Home Video Rating: Not rated

Notes:

The length of each lecture is: circa 30 minutes The entire program consists of 12 lectures
Lecturer: Professor Thad A. Polk, University of Michigan
DVD

Contents:

Disc 1: 1. Learning 101
2. What amnesia teaches us about learning
3. Conscious, explicit learning
4. Episodic memory and eyewitness testimony
5. Semantic memory
6. The neural basis of explicit learning
disc 2: 7. Strategies for effective explicit learning
8. Controversies in explicit learning research
9. Unconscious, implicit learning
10. The psychology of skill learning
11. Language acquisition
12. The neural basis of implicit learning
disc 3: 13. Strategies of effective skill learning
14. Learning bad habits: addiction
15. Introduction to working memory
16. Components of working memory
17. The neural basis of working memory
18. Training your working memory
disc 4: 19. How motivation affects learning
20. How stress and emotion affect learning
21. How sleep affects learning
22. How aging affects learning
23. Dyslexia and other learning disabilities
24. Optimizing your learning

LCCN:

1047670823

Control Number:

3238941

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