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The Human Brain
Prof. Nancy Kanwisher
This course surveys the core perceptual and cognitive abilities of the human mind and asks how they are implemented...
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Cognitive Science
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Introduction to Neuroscience
Prof. Mark Bear
This course is an introduction to the mammalian nervous system, with emphasis on the structure and function of the...
Biology
Science & Math
intermediate
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Cognitive Neuroscience
Prof. Suzanne Corkin
This course explores the cognitive and neural processes that support attention, vision, language, motor control,...
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Cognitive Science
Science & Math
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Introductory Biology
Prof. Barbara Imperiali
7.016 Introductory Biology provides an introduction to fundamental principles of biochemistry, molecular biology,...
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Introduction to Neural Computation
Prof. Michale Fee
This course introduces quantitative approaches to understanding brain and cognitive functions. Topics include...
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General Biochemistry
Prof. Michael Yaffe
This course focuses on contributions of biochemistry toward an understanding of the structure and functioning of...
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Perception
Prof. Josh McDermott
This course studies how the senses work and how physical stimuli are transformed into signals in the nervous system....
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intermediate
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Neuroscience and Behavior
Prof. Gerald E. Schneider
This course covers the relation of structure and function at various levels of neuronal integration. Topics include...
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Psychology
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Designing Your Life
Gabriella Jordan
This course provides an exciting, eye-opening, and thoroughly useful inquiry into what it takes to live an...
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Introduction to Computational Neuroscience
Prof. Sebastian Seung
This course gives a mathematical introduction to neural coding and dynamics. Topics include convolution,...
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Biology
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Brain Structure and Its Origins
Prof. Gerald E. Schneider
This course provides an outline of vertebrate functional neuroanatomy, aided by studies of comparative neuroanatomy...
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Health & Medicine
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Biological Engineering Design
Prof. John Essigmann
This course illustrates how knowledge and principles of biology, biochemistry, and engineering are integrated to...
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Engineering
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Genetics
Prof. Chris Kaiser
This course discusses the principles of genetics with application to the study of biological function at the level...
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intermediate
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Weight Training
Prof. Halston Taylor
This 12 session course is designed for the beginning or novice weight lifter, or for those who have experience...
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Public Health
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Sensation And Perception
Dr. Benjamin Balas
This course provides an introduction to important philosophical questions about the mind, specifically those that...
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Cognitive Science
intermediate
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A Clinical Approach to the Human Brain
Prof. Thomas Byrne
This course is designed to provide an understanding of how the human brain works in health and disease, and is...
Biology
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Health & Medicine
intermediate
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Principles of Human Disease
Prof. David Housman
This course covers current understanding of, and modern approaches to human disease, emphasizing the molecular and...
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Immunology
Pathology and Pathophysiology
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Biochemistry Laboratory
Dr. Elizabeth Vogel Taylor
The course, which spans two thirds of a semester, provides students with a research-inspired laboratory experience...
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intermediate
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Sensory Systems
Prof. Peter H. Schiller
This course examines the neural bases of sensory perception. The focus is on physiological and anatomical studies of...
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Chemicals in the Environment: Toxicology and Public Health (BE.104J)
Prof. James Sherley
This course addresses the challenges of defining a relationship between exposure to environmental chemicals and...
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Engineering
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Increasing Your Physical Intelligence, Enhancing Your Social Smarts
Noah Riskin
The purpose of this class is to offer students a new perspective on the importance of our bodily experience to our...
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Ecology I: The Earth System
Prof. Edward DeLong
We will cover fundamentals of ecology, considering Earth as an integrated dynamic system. Topics include coevolution...
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Earth Science
Science & Math
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Gender, Health, and Society
Dr. Brittany Charlton
This course draws on different disciplines, conceptual frameworks, and methodological approaches to examine gender...
Gender Studies
Health & Medicine
Immunology
intermediate
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Neuroscience and Society
Prof. Natasha Schüll
This course explores the social relevance of neuroscience, considering how emerging areas of brain research at once...
Biology
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Social Sciences
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Introduction to Neuroanatomy
Prof. Chris Moore
This subject will be an intensive introduction to neuroanatomy, involving lectures, demonstrations, and hands-on...
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Pathology and Pathophysiology
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Experimental Molecular Genetics
Prof. Jing-Ke Weng
This project-based laboratory course provides students with in-depth experience in experimental molecular genetics,...
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intermediate
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D-Lab: Medical Technologies for the Developing World
Jose Gomez-Marquez
D-Lab Health provides a multidisciplinary approach to global health technology design via guest lectures and a major...
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International Development
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Cognitive Neuroscience of Remembering: Creating and Controlling Memory
Prof. Anthony Wagner
This course is offered during the Independent Activities Period (IAP), which is a special 4-week term at MIT that...
Biology
Cognitive Science
Science & Math
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Quantitative Physiology: Organ Transport Systems
Prof. Jose Venegas
This course elaborates on the application of the principles of energy and mass flow to major human organ systems. It...
Biology
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Engineering
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Chemistry of Sports
Dr. Patricia Christie
The seminar is designed to look at the science of triathlons and sports from a molecular/chemical biological point...
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Pathology and Pathophysiology
Public Health
intermediate
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Drugs, Politics, and Culture
Prof. Hugh Gusterson
This class examines the relationship between a number of mind-altering substances and cultural processes. We look at...
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Pharmacology & Toxicology
Public Health
intermediate
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Neuropharmacology
Dr. Daniela Tropea
The neuropharmacology course will discuss the drug-induced changes in functioning of the nervous system. The...
Biology
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Pharmacology & Toxicology
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Fencing
Prof. Jaroslav Koniusz
This course is intended to provide students with the fundamentals of fencing, including footwork, bladework, bouting...
Health & Medicine
Public Health
intermediate
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Sailing
Prof. Francis Charles
The purpose of this class is to tell you something about our Tech Dinghy and how to sail it. This OCW site is...
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Systems Neuroscience Lab
Prof. James DiCarlo
Systems Neuroscience Laboratory consists of a series of laboratories designed to give students experience with basic...
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Quantitative Physiology: Cells and Tissues
Prof. Dennis Freeman
In this subject, we consider two basic topics in cellular biophysics, posed here as questions:
Which molecules are...
Biology
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Pathology and Pathophysiology
intermediate
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Cellular Neurophysiology
Prof. Guosong Liu
This course includes:
Surveying the molecular and cellular mechanisms of neuronal communication.
Coversion channels...
Biology
Health & Medicine
Pathology and Pathophysiology
intermediate
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SCUBA
Prof. Halston Taylor
This course will thoroughly educate the successful student with the knowledge and skills necessary to be a certified...
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Public Health
intermediate
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Physical Intelligence
Noah Riskin
For all of the bodies attached to the many great minds that walk the Institute’s halls, in the work that goes on at...
Cognitive Science
Health & Medicine
Public Health
intermediate
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Laboratory in Visual Cognition
Prof. Aude Oliva
9.63 teaches principles of experimental methods in human perception and cognition, including design and statistical...
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Cognitive Science
Health & Medicine
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Drugs and the Brain
Zak Fallows
This class is a multidisciplinary introduction to pharmacology, neurotransmitters, drug mechanisms, and brain...
Biology
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Pharmacology & Toxicology
intermediate
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Functional MRI of High-Level Vision
Prof. Nancy Kanwisher
We are now at an unprecedented point in the field of neuroscience: We can watch the human brain in action as it...
Biology
Biomedical Technologies
Health & Medicine
intermediate
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Tennis
Prof. Carol Matsuzaki
The goals of this instructional course are to get you started in this wonderful sport and to give you a working...
Health & Medicine
Public Health
intermediate
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Science Writing and New Media: Perspectives on Medicine and Public Health
Dr. Cynthia Taft
Like other scientists, medical researchers and clinicians must be capable of presenting their work to an audience of...
Health & Medicine
Humanities
Literature
intermediate
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Abnormal Language
Mr. Christopher Hirsch
Introduction to the linguistic study of language pathology, concentrating on experimental approaches and theoretical...
Cognitive Science
Health Care Management
Health & Medicine
intermediate
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Experimental Molecular Biology: Biotechnology II
Prof. Christopher Burge
The course applies molecular biology and reverse genetics approaches to the study of apoptosis, or programmed cell...
Biological Engineering
Biology
Engineering
intermediate
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Experimental Microbial Genetics
Prof. Dianne Newman
In this class, students engage in independent research projects to probe various aspects of the physiology of the...
Biology
Science & Math
intermediate
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Biochemistry and Pharmacology of Synaptic Transmission
Prof. Richard Wurtman
This course considers the process of neurotransmission, especially chemicals used in the brain and elsewhere to...
Biology
Cognitive Science
Health & Medicine
intermediate
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Macroepidemiology (BE.102)
Prof. William Thilly
This course presents a challenging multi-dimensional perspective on the causes of human disease and mortality. The...
Biology
Health & Medicine
Public Health
intermediate
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Neural Basis of Movement
Prof. Chris Moore
Surveys general principles and specific examples of motor control in biological systems. Emphasizes the neural...
Biology
Biomedical Technologies
Health & Medicine
intermediate
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Archery
Prof. Cheryl Silva
This 12 session course is designed for the beginning or novice archer and uses recurve indoor target bows and...
Health & Medicine
Public Health
intermediate
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Parkinson's Disease Workshop
Prof. Suzanne Corkin
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a chronic, progressive, degenerative disease of the brain that produces movement...
Biology
Health & Medicine
Imaging
intermediate
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Physics of COVID-19 Transmission
Prof. Martin Bazant
This resource is a collection of videos taught using a LightBoard, a specialized glass that creates a transparent...
Chemical Engineering
Engineering
Health & Medicine
intermediate
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AIDS and Poverty in Africa
Dr. Lee Perlman
This is a discussion-based interactive seminar on the two major issues that affect Sub-Saharan Africa: HIV/AIDS and...
Health & Medicine
International Development
Public Health
intermediate