New courses in Brain and Cognitive Scienceshttp://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Brain-and-Cognitive-Sciences/index.htm2009-11-19MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.eduen-USContent within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/terms/terms/index.htmCovers the basics of fMRI, the strengths and limitations of fMRI compared to other techniques, and the design and analysis of fMRI experiments, focusing primarily on experiments on high-level vision. Upon completion, students should be able to understand and critique published fMRI papers, have a good grasp on what is known about high-level vision from fMRI, and design their own fMRI experiments.http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Brain-and-Cognitive-Sciences/9-71Fall-2007/CourseHome/index.htmKanwisher, Nancy 2009-09-10T12:23:03-04:009.71en-USBrain and Cognitive SciencesNeuroanatomyindependent statistical tests.refractory effectsphysiological noisedirect cortical stimulationhemodynamic activityfunctional resolutionspiral imagingconscious encodingbias field estimationshimming coilsnearby voxelslabeling planehemoglobin signalvisual stimulation taskscanner sessionmock scannerdifferent model factorscollinear factorstrial sortingscanner driftactive voxelsmagnetization following excitationinterleaved stimulus presentationconjugate mirroringvoxelwise analysisvisual memoryvisually guided actionperceptual awarenessvisual attentionobject recognitionhigh-level visionresolutionnoninvasivebrainhumanneural activityfunctional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.eduContent within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/terms/terms/index.htmRelation of structure and function at various levels of neuronal integration. Topics include: functional neuroanatomy and neurophysiology, sensory and motor systems, centrally programmed behavior, sensory systems, sleep and dreaming, motivation and reward, emotional displays of various types, "higher functions" and the neocortex, and neural processes in learning and memory. In order to improve writing skills in describing experiments and critiquing published research in neuroscience, students are required to complete four homework assignments and one literature review with revision.http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Brain-and-Cognitive-Sciences/9-01Fall-2007/CourseHome/index.htmSeung, SebastianBear, Mark2009-07-20T09:21:25-04:009.01en-USBrain and Cognitive SciencesNeurosciencememorylearningcellual neurophysiologyparasympathetic neuronssympathetic neuronsaction potentialsynaptic transmissionmotor systemsomatosensory systemauditory cortexsound localizationphase-lockinghair cellsauditory transductionbasilar membranecochleaearextrastriate cortexcomplex cellsprimary visual cortexcortical mapsretinal phototransductionblind spotcolor visionneuroanatomyhearingvisionneuroscienceMIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.eduContent within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/terms/terms/index.htmThe neuropharmacology course will discuss the drug-induced changes in functioning of the nervous system. The specific focus of this course will be to provide a description of the cellular and molecular actions of drugs on synaptic transmission. This course will also refer to specific diseases of the nervous system and their treatment in addition to giving an overview of the techniques used for the study of neuropharmacology. http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Brain-and-Cognitive-Sciences/9-98January--IAP--2009/CourseHome/index.htmTropea, Daniela 2009-06-23T03:03:13-04:009.98en-USBrain and Cognitive SciencesNeurosciencesusceptibility modelschronic drug usebehavioral toleranceabstinent smokersnicotine tolerancepostsynaptic cellother psychostimulantsdrug reinforcementmotor side effectsabstinence signsterminal autoreceptorsmany psychoactive drugsselected brain areassomatodendritic autoreceptorsnicotine reinforcementdiscriminative stimulus effectsphenethylamine hallucinogenspositive reinforcement modelbiobehavioral effectsanabolic steroid dependenceexperimental substance useclassic antipsychotic drugsdepot bindingphysical dependence modeltolerancedispositiondrugseratoninsynapsepharmacologyneuroscienceneurologypsychopharmacologyantidepressantMIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.eduContent within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/terms/terms/index.htmThis course provides an introduction to important philosophical questions about the mind, specifically those that are intimately connected with contemporary psychology and neuroscience. Are our concepts innate, or are they acquired by experience? (And what does it even mean to call a concept 'innate'?) Are 'mental images' pictures in the head? Is color in the mind or in the world? Is the mind nothing more than the brain? Can there be a science of consciousness? The course will include guest lectures by Professors.http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Linguistics-and-Philosophy/24-08JSpring-2009/CourseHome/index.htmByrne, AlexSinha, Pawan2009-11-18T01:13:42-05:0024.08J9.48Jen-USBrain and Cognitive SciencesEducation/Teaching of Individuals with Traumatic Brain Injuriesbrain scienceneurotransmittersmental illnesspsychopharmacologydigital imageshistorical viewscognitive sciencessemioticshistoryanthropologyneurosciencecultural assumptionssocietycontemporary mediacultural objectholismsciencephilosophybrainLinguistics and PhilosophyMIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.eduContent within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/terms/terms/index.htm