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MIT 9.13 The Human Brain, Spring 2019

Instructor: Nancy Kanwisher

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Lecture 1: Introduction

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Lecture 2: Neuroanotomy

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Lecture 4 : Cognitive Neuroscience Methods I

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Lecture 5: Cognitive Neuroscience Methods II

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Lecture 6: Introduction to the Human Brain

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Lecture 7: Category Selectivity, Controversies, and MVPA

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Lecture 8: Navigation I

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Lecture 9: Navigation II

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Lecture 10: Development, Nature & Nurture I

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Lecture 11: Development, Nature & Nurture II (2018)

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Lecture 13: Number

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Lecture 15: Hearing and Speech

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Lecture 16: Music

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Lecture 18: Language I

Download the PDF Covers the basic organization of language in the brain and the long-standing question of the relationship between thought and language.

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Lecture 20: Theory of Mind & Mentalizing

Download the PDF The ability of humans to think about what other people are thinking is implemented in brain regions highly specialized for this function alone.

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Lecture 21: Brain Networks

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Lecture 24: Attention and Awareness

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