The Brain: A User's Guide

By Office of the Alumni Association

The Brain: A User's Guide episodes

November 18, 2008 Basic Building Blocks of Brain Function
Course introduction to "The Brain: A User's Guide" with a lecture about the basic building blocks of brain function, as presented by Barry Jacobs, Professor of Psychology and the Princeton Neuroscience Institute.
1 hr 47 min
November 11, 2008 Seeing is Believing
The brain's visual system, as presented by Barry Jacobs, Professor of Psychology and the Princeton Neuroscience Institute.
1 hr 15 min
October 14, 2008 To Sleep, Perchance to Dream
Research about sleep and the sleep-wake cycle, as presented by Barry Jacobs, Professor of Psychology and the Princeton Neuroscience Institute.
1 hr 48 min
October 13, 2008 Drugs, Drugs, Drugs
Chemical neurotransmission and the ways that drugs affect the nervous system, as presented by Barry Jacobs, Professor of Psychology and the Princeton Neuroscience Institute.
2 hr 1 min
October 10, 2008 I Can't Play That Beethoven Sonata Anymore
Neuropathology and neurodegenerative disorders, specifically Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease, as presented by Barry Jacobs, Professor of Psychology and the Princeton Neuroscience Institute.
1 hr 54 min
September 30, 2008 Singin' the Blues
Research about depression, as presented by Barry Jacobs, Professor of Psychology and the Princeton Neuroscience Institute.
1 hr 43 min
September 23, 2008 The Shattered Mind
Research about schizophrenia, as presented by Barry Jacobs, Professor of Psychology and the Princeton Neuroscience Institute.
1 hr 21 min