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Lecture
Sessions
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- 1. Unraveling the Mysteries of the Mind
- Explores such fundamental questions as "What is the mind?" and "What is
the relationship between the mind and the brain?" Summarizes various views on the
brain/mind connection. (This module sets the stage for the remaining 34 modules.)
- 2. Hypnotic Dissociation and Pain Relief
- Describes what goes on during hypnosis and looks at states of consciousness, hypnosis as
a phenomenon, and the therapeutic use of hypnosis in treating arthritis.
- 3. The Placebo Effect: Mind/Body Relationship
- Explores a number of areas presented in general psychology, including biological bases
of behavior, experimental control, health, and mind/body relationships.
- 4. Cognition and the Immune System: Mind/Body
Interaction
- Looks at mind/body interactions and their relationships to disease and the immune
system.
- 5. Endorphins: The Brain's Natural Morphine
- Provides diagrammatic action graphics of neural networks, synaptic junctions, and
neurotransmitter sites. Also touches on topics of consciousness, drug addiction,
withdrawal symptoms, and nerve functioning.
- 6. Brain Mechanisms of Pleasure and Addiction
- Explores biological motivation and addictive behavior, and takes the viewer through
scientists' work on brain stimulation.
- 7. The Frontal Lobes: Cognition and Awareness
- Explains the importance of the frontal lobe in human functioning, and covers brain
function, diagnostic assessment, cognitive function, evolution, and comparative behavior.
- 8. Language Processing in the Brain
- Demonstrates learning as an active process and shows the PET scan as an effective method
of measuring brain function.
- 9. Studying the Effects of Subliminal Stimulation on
the Mind
- Explores perception, the study of unconscious processes, and research methodologies.
Provides a good example of the impact Freud has had on psychology and how it is possible
to test some of his hypotheses in the laboratory.
- 10. Life Without Memory: The Case of Clive Wearing,
Part 1
- Raises many questions about the nature of memory and its importance to human existence.
Introduces the viewer to Clive Wearing, who is incapable of making new memories due to
viral encephalitis.
- 11. Clive Wearing, Part 2: Living Without Memory
- Presents an extraordinary example of the relationship between brain damage and memory
function by reintroducing the viewer to Clive Wearing 13 years after his appearance in
part one.
- 12. Teratogens and Their Effects on the Developing
Brain and Mind
- Discusses the biological basis of behavior by illustrating case studies of humans
affected by radiation contamination, alcohol, and drugs.
- 13. Capabilities of the Newborn
- Covers infant development and the capacities of the newborn.
- 14. Infant Cognitive Development
- Illustrates two ways of studying infant behavior: brain activity and visual fixation.
- 15. Social Development in Infancy
- Covers infant social/cognitive development and the emergence of self.
- 16. The Effect of Aging on Cognitive Function:
Nature/Nurture
- Explores how the study of identical twins can help determine how factors such as
lifestyle and diet may contribute to individual differences in the aging process.
- 17. Aging and Memory
- Illustrates how a common form of forgetting involving future intentions can be studied
in the laboratory, and presents a new way of studying age differences via memory.
- 18. Effects of Mental and Physical Activity on the
Brain/Mind
- Introduces Dr. William Greenough's expanded studies on the effects of mental and
physical activity on the aging brain and mind.
- 19. Understanding Alzheimer's Disease
- Provides a clear demonstration of how the advent of new technologies has aided research
into the etiology of disease.
- 20. Phantom Limb Pain
- Presents a vivid example of phantom limb pain and raises important questions about the
origin of the pain.
- 21. Treating Chronic Pain
- Studies chronic pain and examines physical and psychological approaches to treatment.
- 22. Depressants and Their Addictive Effect on the
Brain
- Shows what happens biochemically in alcohol and drug addiction; deals with states of
consciousness, addiction, and alcohol-related abnormal behaviors.
- 23. Infant Speech Sound Discrimination
- Demonstrates how infants can discriminate between subtle sound differences; focuses
largely on infant speech development.
- 24. Language Predisposition
- Deals with language, development, and research methodology; provides a good
demonstration of human sound recognition abilities.
- 25. Human Language: Signed and Spoken
- Explores how sign language is processed; discusses hemispheric specialization, language
acquisition, the nature of language formation, and methodology.
- 26. The Bilingual Brain
- Illustrates the capabilities of the fMRI, one of the latest technologies used by
scientists to investigate brain functions.
- 27. Animal Language
- Examines animal communication, the linguistic abilities of chimpanzees, and comparative
cognitive behavior.
- 28. Language and Culture
- Relates to language development, the nature versus nature debate, and cultural
influences on behavior.
- 29. Alcohol Addiction: Hereditary Factors
- Deals with alcoholism, addiction, biological evidence for hereditary traits, and how
science progresses through replication and the development of new technologies.
- 30. Treating Drug Addiction: A Behavioral Approach
- Provides an example of how drug therapies incorporate the results of research on several
levels of behavior, and shows how patients learn to deal with environmental triggers for
cravings.
- 31. Mood Disorders: Mania and Depression
- Presents vivid examples of the mood fluctuations of patients who suffer from periodic
affective episodes.
- 32. Mood Disorders: Hereditary Factors
- Illustrates the findings of a 10-year study that involved 12,000 volunteers in an Amish
community and represents careful analysis of genetic factors related to manic-depressive
disorders.
- 33. Mood Disorders: Medication and Talk Therapy
- Shows the effectiveness of combining drug therapies with traditional psychotherapy.
- 34. Treating Depression: Electroconvulsive Therapy
- Provides a clear and dramatic presentation of the process and some of the effects of
electroconvulsive therapy (ECT).
- 35. The Mind of the Psychopath
- Presents the definition of and specific behaviors related to psychopathy, and the
ongoing research on this subject.
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