"Course no. 1540."

Thirty-six lectures lasting 30 minutes each.

Disc 1. Lectures 1 to 6. What is neuroscience? -- How do neuroscientists study the brain? -- Evolution, energetics, and the 10% myth -- Neurons and synapses -- Neurotransmitters and drugs -- Juicing the brain -- Disc 2. Lectures 7 to 12. Coming to your senses -- Perception and your brain's little lies -- Pain - all in your head? -- Decisions - your brain's secret ballot -- Reward, adaptation, and addiction -- Many forms of memory -- Disc 3. Lectures 13 - 18. Quirks of memory -- Learning, studying, and sleep -- Willpower and mental Work -- Work, play, and stress -- Biological timekeepers and jet lag -- Hidden talents of infants -- Disc 4. Lectures 19- 24. Mozart myth and active learning -- Childhood and adolescence -- Handedness-- sports, speech, and presidents -- Reaching the top of the mountain - aging -- "Brain exercise" and real exercise -- Animal and human personality -- Disc 5. Lectures 25 - 30. Intelligence, genes, and environment -- Weather in your brain - emotions -- Fear, loathing, and anger -- From weather to climate - Mood -- Social brain, empathy, and autism -- Mars and Venus-- Men's and Women's brains -- Disc 6. Lectures 31to 36. Sex, love, and bonds for life -- Math and other evolutionary curiosities -- Consciousness and free will -- Near-death and other extreme experiences -- Spirituality and Religion -- Happiness and other research opportunities.

Lecturer: Professor Sam Wang, Princeton University.

DVD, Region 1.