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A 29 lecture video course on approaches to understanding cognitive processes in terms of brain anatomy and physiology is now available at <a href="http://www.understandinghighercognition.com" class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk148257"> www.understandinghighercognition.com</a></div>
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The lectures are based on a course given to third year and graduate students in computer science, psychology and neuroscience at the Australian National University in Canberra and also at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada.</div>
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Topics covered include:</div>
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- The nature of understanding: lessons from the computer science approach to understanding complex systems</div>
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- Major cognitive phenomena: attention; different types of memory; speech and consciousness</div>
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- Key topics in brain anatomy, physiology and chemistry</div>
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- Practical pressures on brain architecture exerted by natural selection: resource limits, learning without interference with prior </div>
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learning, etc; </div>
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- Architectural forms resulting from the practical pressures</div>
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- Evidence for the existence of the predicted architectural forms in the brain; how to use the forms to support understanding</div>
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- Understanding attention and different types of memory: semantic, episodic, priming, working and procedural memory</div>
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- Understanding specific cognitive tasks</div>
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- Understanding human consciousness and self awareness.</div>
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Each lecture is divided into 5 - 10 minute topic videos. Lecture format is mainly images and graphics supported by verbal explanations. </div>
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Textbook for the course is "<a href="http://www.springer.com/us/book/9789400771062" class="">Towards a Theoretical Neuroscience: from Cell Chemistry to Cognition</a>" <a href="http://www.springer.com/us/book/9789400771062" class=""></a>published by Springer.</div>
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Access to the lectures is free.</div>
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