Being Human : Life Lessons from the Frontiers of Science / Robert Sapolsky ; The Teaching Company.
Par : Sapolsky, Robert | Stanford University.
Collaborateur(s) : The Teaching Company.
Collection : The Great Courses ; Science & Mathematics ; Biology. Éditeur : Chantilly, VA : The Teaching Company, 2012Description :2 DVDs (1800 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 Course Guidebook.ISBN : 9781490687865 (dvd); 1598038109 (dvd).Sujet(s) : Brain | Human genomeGenre/Forme :Educational films. | Science films. | Filmed lectures.Ressources en ligne : Publisher's Website.Type de document | Site actuel | Collection | Cote | Numéro de copie | Statut | Notes | Date d'échéance | Code à barres |
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Matériel visuel | CR Julien-Couture RC (Learning) General Stacks | Non-fiction | SPE GRE 3 (Parcourir l'étagère) | 1 (Course Guidebook) | Not For Loan | A026372 | ||
Matériel visuel | CR Julien-Couture RC (Learning) General Stacks | Non-fiction | SPE GRE 3 (Parcourir l'étagère) | 1 (DVD 1/2) | Not For Loan | DVDs are in a separate container. | A026373 | |
Matériel visuel | CR Julien-Couture RC (Learning) General Stacks | Non-fiction | SPE GRE 3 (Parcourir l'étagère) | 1 (DVD 2/2) | Not For Loan | DVDs are in a separate container. | A026374 |
12 lectures, 30 minutes each.
Includes a Course Guidebook.
Includes bibliographical references.
"Why is "maybe" more powerful to your brain than "definitely"? Why do we frequently dream completely nonsensical scenarios? How can biology explain the overwhelming power of symbols and metaphors? This course teaches you entirely new ways to understand the most complex of species: human beings. This unique series of lectures will illustrate many of the ways we are just like other animals, ways we use similar physiology in complete novel ways, and ways in which there is simply no precedent in the animal kingdom for what we do. Furthermore, this wide-ranging course is woven together by remarkable insights provided by evolutionary biology.
From the time scientists started studying cells, it became apparent that the human brain is built from the same general design as every other organ. It consists of cells that contain DNA, proteins, and organelles -cells that communicate with each other via chemical messengers. As we learn more about the evolutionary and physiological roots of humans, we eventually have to ask: Are human beings just another primate? Are we just a bunch of brain cells?
This course teaches you new ways of understanding our humanity and offers a new perspective on the supposedly quirky nature of being human. You'll learn that humans aren't nearly as unique as you perhaps think we are. Study after study demonstrates that the basic aspects of our everyday lives - our social interactions and politics, challenges of adolescence, stress response to our environments, and sexual attraction - are repeated throughout the animal world. By the end of the course, you will have learned entirely new ways of observing and, hopefully, appreciating your own life.
These 12 lectures explore both the mysterious and the mundane aspects of human behavior. You'll look at the human stress response, the allure of junk food, the overwhelming power and science of dopamine, and the evolutionary basis for nostalgia - and why we should overcome the urge to close our minds to novelty. This course will try to help you make sense of the often-nonsensical nature of you dreams, and you'll learn how the same brain chemical can drive you both to splendid accomplishments as well as to self-destructive behavior. You'll examine the ways that wealth and poverty influence health and gain some surprising insights from neuroscience about the power of human language. You'll even take a look at the bizarre world of mind-controlling parasites.
This course will take you to the frontiers of scientific research - and that's a very exciting place to be because the more science learns about the mechanisms of behavior, the more intriguing our species becomes. Scientists continue to uncover deep similarities between humans and other species, but as research continues to uncover the biological and evolutionary roots of human behavior, it also gives us new reasons to be amazed at the special qualities of being human. Whether it's love, ritual, aspirations, or culture, the unique ways humans make biology work for us makes for endlessly fascinating study.
Even if we are just another primate with brains made up of cells, when it comes to behavior, it is the nature of humans to be remarkably unconstrained by our nature. Much of what you'll learn in this course will be surprising, and some of it will be pretty amusing, but all of it will have you rethinking what it means to be human." (Scope, p.1-2)
CONTENTS:
DISC 1
Lecture 1. What's So Special about Being Human?
Lecture 2. Junk-Food Monkeys
Lecture 3. The Burden of Being Burden-Free
Lecture 4. Bugs in the Brain
Lecture 5. Poverty's Remains
Lecture 6. Why are Dreams Dreamlike?
DISC 2
Lecture 7. The Pleasures and Pains of "Maybe"
Lecture 8. How the Other Half Heals
Lecture 9. Why We Want the Bodies Back
Lecture 10. Anatomy of a Bad Mood
Lecture 11. This is your Brain on Metaphors
Lecture 12. Sushi and Middle Age
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