Introduction to Psychology
Paul Bloom
What are people most afraid of? What do our dreams mean? Are we natural-born racists? What makes us happy? What are the causes and cures of mental illness? This course tries to answer these questions and many others, providing a comprehensive overview of the scientific study of thought and behavior. It explores topics such as perception, communication, learning, memory, decision-making, persuasion, emotions, and social behavior. We will look at how these aspects of the mind develop in children, how they differ across people, how they are wired-up in the brain, and how they break down due to illness and injury.
More resources on Cognition & Emotion
Affective Neuroscience Lab
Kent Berridge's lab site with papers
Society for Affective Science
Resources on emotion research
Joseph LeDoux: The Emotional Brain
Lecture on fear and emotion circuits
Affective Neuroscience
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The Prefrontal
Welcome to the podcast, Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function hosted by Sucheta Kamath. Executive Function is a core set of cognitive skills that allow humans to focus attention, block out distractions, plan ahead, stay engaged, temper emotions, and think flexibly while creatively solving problems to fulfill personal and social goals. The prefrontal cortex region of the brain, which governs Executive Function, is often compared to an air traffic control system at a busy airport. Much like an air traffic controller guides planes on different flight paths in the direction that each needs to go, the prefrontal cortex i...
cogneuro.org
Cogneuro.org is a resource hub for cognitive neuroscience and emotion research, offering explanations of brain–behavior relationships and related concepts. It features lab pages, research summaries, publications, events, and educational materials related to cognition and emotion.