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How would one go about self-studying neuroscience to the level of say, a second year grad student not yet specializing in anything? That is to say, familiar wit
by danharaj 9y ago
How would one go about self-studying neuroscience to the level of say, a second year grad student not yet specializing in anything? That is to say, familiar with the basic concepts and able to make sense of current research given enough time.
- computerex 9y agoUdacity, coursera, edx, YouTube, Wikipedia, google should have you covered.
- bra-ket 9y agohttps://www.amazon.com/Principles-Neural-Science-Fifth-Kandel/dp/0071390111 https://www.amazon.com/Principles-Neural-Science-Fifth-Kande...
- return0 9y agoThat and Larry Squire's Fundamental https://www.amazon.com/Fundamental-Neuroscience-Fourth-Squire/dp/0123858704 https://www.amazon.com/Fundamental-Neuroscience-Fourth-Squir... are the bibles. Don't be intimidated by the size of the books they are actually easy to read.
- trextrex 9y agoWell it depends on which part you are interested in. The Neuroscience book by Mark Bear gives a nice introductory overview of the biology behind a lot of neural processes: https://www.amazon.com/Neuroscience-Exploring-Mark-F-Bear/dp/0781778174/ https://www.amazon.com/Neuroscience-Exploring-Mark-F-Bear/dp... If you're interested in computational neural models, I would highly recommend Wolfgram Gerstner's recent book (available for free online): http://neuronaldynamics.epfl.ch http://neuronaldynamics.epfl.ch The book by Dayan and Abbot on theoretical neuroscience is quite nice too: https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/theoretical-neuroscience https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/theoretical-neuroscience After this, you'll probably want to read new review papers, since it's a field that's moving quite fast now. (Especially with new measurement techniques in the past few years)
- Noseshine 9y agoFree excellent courses: Start with "Fundamentals of Neuroscience" by Harvard, free multimedia course that requires only a high school level education: https://www.mcb80x.org/ https://www.mcb80x.org/ then go to "Medical Neuroscience" on Coursera (the professor is a great teacher): https://www.coursera.org/learn/medical-neuroscience https://www.coursera.org/learn/medical-neuroscience Especially the 2nd course is pretty big, on of the largest online courses there is in terms of videos to watch and things to learn. But while it is a lot it is much easier than the quantum mechanics course(s) half the size on edX. You don't have to think much, just listen and learn. Aft hat you have a very solid foundation, now check out more such courses on the same platform.