The Learning Brain

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Call Number: BOCD 612.8 Po Oversize
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

Location & Checkout Length	Call Number	Checkout Length	Item Status
Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	BOCD 612.8 Po Oversize	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	BOCD 612.8 Po Oversize	4-week checkout	Due 05-23-2024

Compact disc.
Course No. 1569.
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 -- 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 -- 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 -- 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.
Lecturer: Thad A. Polk.
"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 in order to learn more effectively throughout our lives? And how do external factors like traumatic injuries and mood affect our grey matter? The answers to these questions are merely the tip of the iceberg in The Learning Brain. These 24 half-hour lectures offer in-depth and surprising lessons about how the brain learns and how we can optimize that learning. Begin your journey by focusing on which parts of the brain are responsible for different kinds of memory, from personal experiences and memorized facts to short-term memory, and how these systems work on a psychological and biological level. Then, discover how to better absorb and retain all kinds of memories in all stages of life. This course is chock full of valuable information, whether you're learning a new language at 60 or discovering calculus at 16. If you need better study habits, struggle with learning a new skill, or just worry about memories fading with age, The Learning Brain will provide illuminating insights.Take this journey with Thad Polk, Professor of Psychology at the University of Michigan, whose well-organized curriculum and relaxed teaching style ease you into intricate aspects of learning science, including the underlying cognitive and neural mechanisms involved. Professor Polk's credentials in psychology and over 20 years' experience in education shine through every lecture of The Learning Brain as he firmly supports this rigorous exploration with scientific studies conducted over the last several decades of neuroscientific research."

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