Free online courseThe Human Brain

Conteúdo do Curso

• Video class: 1. Introduction to the Human Brain

  1h19m

• Exercise: What are the main factors that differentiate human brains from those of other species?

• Video class: 2. Neuroanatomy

  0h50m

• Exercise: What criteria are typically used to define a distinct cortical area in the brain?

• Video class: 4. Cognitive Neuroscience Methods I

  1h00m

• Exercise: Which brain region is more active when recognizing faces compared to objects?

• Video class: 5. Cognitive Neuroscience Methods II

  1h11m

• Exercise: Which piece of evidence supports the idea that the fusiform face area (FFA) is specifically and causally involved in face perception?

• Video class: 6. Introduction to the Human Brain

  0h56m

• Exercise: What is the main purpose of using a minimal pair in an experimental design for an fMRI study?

• Video class: 7. Category Selectivity, Controversies, and MVPA

  1h09m

• Exercise: What technique allows researchers to infer what information is contained within a particular region or across several brain voxels by examining the pattern of brain activity?

• Video class: 8. Navigation I

  1h23m

• Exercise: What is the main functional difference between the retrosplenial cortex (RSC) and the occipital place area (OPA, also known as TOS) in terms of scene perception and navigation?

• Video class: 9. Navigation II

  1h11m

• Exercise: Which part of the human brain is most implicated in navigation and spatial memory?

• Video class: 10. Development, Nature

  1h21m

• Exercise: What is perceptual narrowing in the context of face perception, and at what age does it typically occur in human infants?

• Video class: 11. Development, Nature

  1h17m

• Exercise: Is the visual category selectivity in the ventral visual cortex dependent on visual experience?

• Video class: 13. Number

  1h10m

• Exercise: What type of cognitive function do number-related tasks in experiments generally relate to in both humans and animals?

• Video class: 15. Hearing and Speech

  1h18m

• Exercise: Based on the current understanding of human auditory cortex responses, how might one test the hypothesis that the brain processes speech distinctly from other sounds?

• Video class: 16. Music

  1h12m

• Exercise: When considering the human brain's response to auditory stimuli, which area is NOT specifically responsive to music?

• Video class: 18. Language I

  1h08m

• Exercise: Based on the content discussed regarding human cognition and language, which of the following is true?

• Video class: 20. Theory of Mind

  1h16m

• Exercise: Which of the following brain regions has been shown to contain information about the distinction between accidental and intentional harm in neurotypical individuals, but not in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD)?

• Video class: 21. Brain Networks

  1h23m

• Exercise: Which brain networks are revealed to be highly correlated through resting-state functional correlation analysis?

• Video class: 24. Attention and Awareness

  0h56m

• Exercise: Based on what you learned about the 'attentional blink', which of these best describes the phenomenon?