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Click/Watch/Learn – Harvard University Brain Tour

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Neuroscience 101 – Video talks by Harvard professors. How They Look and What They Do. Life Sciences Outreach Lecture Series at Harvard University – Neurobiology. Joshua Sanes, PhD. Paul J. Finnegan Family Director, Center for Brain Science, Harvard University. Jeff C. Tarr Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology. The Stuff of Thought. One hour lecture delivered at Google in 2007 on language as a window to the brain. Prof Steven Pinker, Department of Psychology, Harvard University. Jeff Lichtman, PhD.

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A Nobel Partnership: Hubel & Wiesel – Harvard University Brain Tour

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A Nobel Partnership: Hubel & Wiesel. A Nobel Partnership: Hubel and Wiesel. Hubel and Wiesel Come to Harvard. David Hubel and Torsten Wiesel came to Harvard from Johns Hopkins University with Steven Kuffler in the early 1960s to establish the Department of Neurobiology at Harvard Medical School. Their breakthrough discoveries about the visual system and visual processing earned them the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1981. Hubel published a paper in. Plasticity and Critical Periods.

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Doors of Perception – Harvard University Brain Tour

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Doors of Perception: Through Which Experience Reaches the Brain. How our brain is able to interpret photons into meaningful information has intrigued philosophers, psychologists and neuroscientists for generations. This problem continues to hold the attention of researchers all over the world. Propelled a generation of scientists to deconstruct how the brain gives us sight. Former students trained in their labs are now advancing those early insights. Margaret Livingstone. In the Department of Genetics at...

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Of Zebrafish & Men – Harvard University Brain Tour

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Of Zebrafish & Men. Of Zebrafish and Men. How does the activity of neurons in the brain manifest in a particular mental state or decision? Believe it or not, we can investigate this complex question by focusing on simple behaviors in a model system whose nervous system is tractable and accessible — the zebrafish. Watching Behavior in the Brain. A pioneer in using zebrafish models to understand human perceptual systems, Prof John Dowling. Magazine tells that story. More Insights from Zebrafish.

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The First EEG Machine – Harvard University Brain Tour

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The First EEG Machine. The First EEG Machine. This Western Union ink-writing undulator was used in auditory studies as well as in recording the brain waves of animal and human subjects. The undulator (also occasionally referred to as a siphon or syphon recorder) was originally designed to record incoming and outgoing telegraphic messages. This instrument, developed by E. L. Garceau and H. Davis, was the first to graphically record an electroencephalogram (EEG). Share this Harvard Brain Tour.

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Skinner and Behaviorism – Harvard University Brain Tour

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Considered the father of Behaviorism, B.F. Skinner was the Edgar Pierce Professor of Psychology at Harvard from 1959 to 1974. He completed his PhD in psychology at Harvard in 1931. He studied the phenomenon of operant conditioning in the eponymous Skinner Box, still used today. Operant Conditioning Pigeon Chamber. This dual chamber was used to study the collaborative behavior of pigeons. B. F. Skinner invented this type of operant conditioning chamber when he was a graduate student at Harvard...Behaviora...

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William James – Harvard University Brain Tour

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The Father of Modern Psychology. Born in 1824, William James is considered one of the most influential figures in the history of modern psychology. In 1875, James taught one of Harvard’s first courses in psychology, The Relations between Physiology and Psychology. He established the first U.S. experimental psychology laboratory, and oversaw Harvard’s first doctorate in psychology, earned by G. Stanley Hall in 1878. In 1890, James published his highly influential. Share this Harvard Brain Tour.

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Early Teaching Tools – Harvard University Brain Tour

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These and other examples of the earliest models used to teach neuroanatomy are held at Harvard by the Countway Library of Medicine’s Center for the History of Medicine. And The Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments. Classic Model of the Human Brain Stem. This large papier mâché of the human brainstem, a. Psychological Laboratory of Harvard University. Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments (WJ0663) 1890 (Image brain). Dr C M. Fisher’s Kortical Kerchief. Share this Harvard Brain Tour.

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The Improbable Tale of Phineas Gage – Harvard University Brain Tour

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The Improbable Tale of Phineas Gage. The Improbable Tale of Phineas Gage. Pierced Through the Head. Pierced Through the Head. Not only a fixture in medical folklore, the story of Phineas. Gage has inspired popular culture. Below are some examples. Phineas Gage: Neuroscience’s Most Famous Patient. Lessons from the Brain. Article and video from the Harvard Gazette. There are over 9000 results from a youtube search for Phineas Gage, among them this Lego stop-motion animation. Share this Harvard Brain Tour.