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MIT 9.11: The Human Brain (Spring 2018)
- richardboegli 8y agoYouTube playlist of all linked videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyGKBDfnk-iAQx4Kw9JeVqspbg77sfAK0 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyGKBDfnk-iAQx4Kw9JeV...
- saamm 8y agoThank you for this! I used it to make a little script to download audio from each lecture: youtube-dl --get-id https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyGKBDfnk-iAQx4Kw9JeVqspbg77sfAK0 -i > ids.txt while read id; do youtube-dl -f bestaudio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=$id done < ids.txt
- exikyut 8y agoAFAIK, youtube-dl will find all videos and download them if fed a playlist URL. I'm curious if this script is a workaround for some obscure brokenness or something.
- ghaff 8y agoThere's a long history of really great MIT intro (or relatively so) psychology/brain science courses. Back in the 1970s, the intro course was a hugely popular lecture taught by the head of the department.
- GeorgeTirebiter 8y agoYes, Hans-Lukas Teuber. https://wikipedia.org/en/Hans-Lukas_Teuber https://wikipedia.org/en/Hans-Lukas_Teuber What impressed me so much about the course was it was completely focused on what, scientifically (via measurement), was known about the brain. I loved that it wasn't a 'fluff' psychology class at all.
- ghaff 8y agoMIT was rather unusual at the time for taking such a physiology and brain science approach to psychology. The prevalent school of thought, notably at Harvard with Skinner, was to treat the brain more or less as a black box and focus on the inputs and outputs. Teuber joked at the time that his intro course didn't count toward the humanities distribution requirement because it wasn't irrational enough.
- kough 8y agoThat's 9.00! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fbrl6WoIyo&list=PL44ABC9278E2EE706 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fbrl6WoIyo&list=PL44ABC9278...
- mhneu 8y agoIn the 1990s, that class was taught by Jeremy Wolfe. Then for several years by Steven Pinker. Both excellent lecturers.
- ghaff 8y agoAt least one of Wolfe's courses are available on audio with OCW. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/brain-and-cognitive-sciences/9-00-introduction-to-psychology-fall-2004/ https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/brain-and-cognitive-sciences/9-0...
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- heckanoobs 8y agoWatched about an hour so far and this is fabulous. The talks very clearly outline the bounds of the problem space (known and unknown) and then start going region to region. The goal is to perceive the texture of the knowledge domain. This is my favorite way to learn about a subject. Looks like it's gonna be a nerdy Saturday night binge watching these. Too bad there isn't a Netflix for this kind of stuff
- jackfrodo 8y agoJust finished the first video. She's a great story teller and very engaging. I'm really delighted to have been made aware of this.
- flor1s 8y agoNot quite the Netflix of online lectures, but there is http://videolectures.net http://videolectures.net. Quite some good stuff on there, e.g. lectures and conference videos on AI and robotics. The website feels very web 1.0 though.
- dsnuh 8y agoIf you have Amazon Prime, they offer a channel called The Great Courses that I believe still has a free trial. It has lots of high quality lectures on a wide range of topics.
- m_herrlich 8y agoThe typo on the second slide, "Marr's Level's of analysis" kinda jumps out doesn't it?
- lghh 8y agoNot really, and it doesn't distract from the content in any meaningful way.
- mark-ruwt 8y agoFor anyone curious about the MIT course numbering system: http://catalog.mit.edu/subjects/ http://catalog.mit.edu/subjects/
- eduren 8y agoLoving the lectures so far. Wondering if the assignments and readings are available somewhere, I haven't been able to find them.
- JamilD 8y agoMIT’s Center for Brains, Minds, and Machines (CBMM) YouTube channel is a gold mine of interesting videos at the intersection of ML, neuroscience, and cognitive science. It’s definitely worth checking out.
- robg 8y agoNow where did I put my user manual?
- bra-ket 8y agoAlso see https://github.com/analyticalmonk/awesome-neuroscience https://github.com/analyticalmonk/awesome-neuroscience
- fermienrico 8y agoThank you, this is the most incredible thing ever. From the introductory video, Nancy is an amazing speaker on such an interesting topic. I've just ordered pizza. I couldn't be more excited. Thank you again.
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- nancykanwisher 8y agoHi all- I am so psyched to see that some are finding the videos interesting! Do send comments if you have them. cheers, Nancy
- fermienrico 8y agoNancy, one thing I love about your style is that once in a while you'll stop amidst the lecture and teach about the scientific method, critical thinking, being humble and open-minded in your findings - the whole enterprise of science. It is very inspiring. Of course, the content is insanely interesting. I am hooked like the first episode of Breaking Bad.
- adyavanapalli 8y ago> I am so psyched... Heh, I see what you did there XD
- fhe 8y agoI love the way you opened the course with a personal story.
- drakonka 8y agoOh man I'm watching the first video and am already hooked, thank you so much for this.
- icc97 8y agoPersonally I love the way you describe the brain in the simplest terms possible. You're describing what has the potential to be a very scary hard to learn topic in the simplest terms possible. I'd liken this to how Andrew Ng manages to explain ML/DL in a very calm simple manner. So often lecturers hide behind terminology to make a topic seem more impressive / complex. So thank you. Plus great to see that you're on here too!
- sillysaurus3 8y agoHey, I just wanted to say that the first video was one of the best introductions to a new topic that I've ever seen. Thanks so much for these.
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- home_boi 8y agoHave you guys applied these more technical/scientific details of the brain to your life?
- ultrasounder 8y agoBookmarked! A real gem.Has become a rarity on HN these days. Will pace it and watch it over a month.
- ghaff 8y agoI'm interested to check this out. I've been trying to understand AI better--but mostly from the ML perspective. I'm very out of date on brain science though. I took 9.00 back in the dark ages :-) but I'm not at all up on current research.
- compute_me 8y agoThis looks amazing! Added to my to-watch-list. Also, if you are interested in this kind of neuro- / cogsci- stuff with a tech-twist you might want to consider attending this wonderful spring school for an incredibly immersive learning experience: https://interdisciplinary-college.de/ https://interdisciplinary-college.de/
- hybridtupel 8y agoThis looks nice, but one can only attend in person, am I right? Or are there any online materials available?