Cognition & Emotion

This field explores the neural mechanisms underlying mental processes and emotional states. Learners will understand how the brain processes information, makes decisions, regulates feelings, and how cognitive functions interact with emotional responses to shape behavior.

10 resources

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📹Videos(1)

Joseph LeDoux: The Emotional Brain

Lecture on fear and emotion circuits

beginner🇬🇧

🎓Courses(2)

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Introduction to Psychology

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.

beginner🇬🇧

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Neuroscience

If you are interested in a career in neuroscience, explore edX courses, executive education, and degree programs to build the knowledge you'll need for your future.

intermediate🇬🇧

📚Books(1)

Emotion

Emotion - A book resource

intermediate🇬🇧

🌐Websites(5)

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Affective Neuroscience Lab

Kent Berridge's lab site with papers

beginner🇬🇧

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Society for Affective Science

Resources on emotion research

beginner🇬🇧

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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.

intermediate🇬🇧

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emotionresearcher.com

Emotion Researcher is an online magazine that serves as a resource hub for the science of emotion, offering news, feature articles, interviews, and practical materials for researchers, students, and educators exploring affect, cognition, and emotion regulation.

intermediate🇬🇧

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affectivescience.org

Affectivescience.org is a hub for affective science and emotion research, offering clear explanations of how affect influences cognition and summaries of current findings. It also provides resources for learners, including links to labs, courses, and other educational content.

intermediate🇬🇧

🎙️Podcasts(1)

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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...

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