Links
Psychology as a Science
Kitty Genovese
case revisited
http://www.npr.org/player/v2/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=284002294&m=285334860
______________________________________________
Brain and
Behavior
From the lectures:
The action
potential
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EyhsOewnH4
A really great
review of this topic!
The nerve impulse
and synapse: an animation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSkxlpNs3tU
Neurons and how
they work:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5cab4hgmoE
A more extensive
review of the brain
Expertise and
meylination:
http://video.nytimes.com/video/2007/03/02/sports/1194817108368/the-brains-behind-talent.html?scp=1&sq=myelin&st=cse
Stephen Colbert's
Brain Activity
http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/04/nih-director-gets-stephen-colberts-brain/62307/
Neural Prostheses
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRjU7KM_PB0
Girl living with
half her brain
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=2MKNsI5CWoU
Other useful links:
A beautifully
rendered visual description of brain structure and function --
highly recommended!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1zkVBHPh5c
Very basic
Introduction to brain structure and function
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ux_Dr5rvH3Y
McGill
University's "The Brain: From top to bottom" (great site!)
http://thebrain.mcgill.ca/flash/index_d.html
Phineas Gage
Page:
http://www.deakin.edu.au/hmnbs/psychology/gagepage/
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/introb.html
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/mind/probe.html
______________________________________________
Development
Neonate imitation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2YdkQ1G5QI
Piaget and Cognitive Development
Piaget: early cognitive development
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B65EJ6gMmA4
Object permanence at different ages
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjBh9ld_yIo&feature=related
Harlow and his monkeys: Social attachment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrNBEhzjg8I
______________________________________________
Visual
Illusions
Some visual
illusions reflect the functioning of our sensory systems (that
is, our photoreceptors in the retina, or other neurons in the
retina or lateral geniculate nucleus of the thalamus. Consider
illusions 1 and 2 below:
Visual Illusion 1: Spinning Spiral
Fixate at the center of the rotating spiral for 1 minute,
then immediately look at another object in the room. Is the
world expanding? Apparently, our sense of "reality" is greatly
affected by the functioning of our sensory systems!
Visual Illusion 2: Lightness illusions
These lightness illusions occur due to quirky properties of the
early stages in visual processing.
Other visual illusions have more to do with our perceptual
systems, in particular how our past experiences bias how we
intepret the sensory information. These effects of prior
experience on our perceptions can be absolutely profound. For
example, consider illusions 3 and 4 below:
Visual Illusion 3: Color Illusions
Visual Illusions 4: Depth perception illusions
Check out the "mask illusion" here!
http://parseval.wordpress.com/2007/03/08/
Check out these illusions too!
______________________________________________
Sleep and
Dreaming
SLEEP
Effects of
light on our circadian rhythms
Sleep needs in adolescence
Ambien and sleep
walking.eating.driving
http://realestate.aol.com/blog/videos/green-living/518087863/
Narcolepsy
and hypocretin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orexin
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/narcolepsy/narcolepsy.htm
http://med.stanford.edu/school/Psychiatry/narcolepsy/
Narcoleptic
dog
REM-BD
Sleep Apnea
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMnhpitgSAs
Sleep institutes
and research labs
http://www.sleepfoundation.org/site/c.huIXKjM0IxF/b.2417141/k.C60C/Welcome.htm
http://www.sleepresearchsociety.org/
http://www.npi.ucla.edu/sleepresearch/
DREAMS
http://www.dreambank.net
http://www.dreamresearch.net
http://www.lucidity.com
______________________________________________
Learning
______________________________________________
Language
Newborn baby
cries mirror Mom's language
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120131516
Washoe the
signing chimp:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3V_rAYOg9DM
Kanzi the
language-comprehending bonobo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8nDJaH-fVE
Foreign accent
syndrome:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCF0Ugkpy94
Broca's aphasia:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2IiMEbMnPM
Wernicke's
aphasia:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVhYN7NTIKU
______________________________________________
Memory
Candid Camera and
working memory in kids:
mms://128.95.202.205/psych101/psych101_rememberthatmessage_800.wmv
Gorilla video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGQmdoK_ZfY&feature=player_embedded
H. M. and memory
disorders:
http://thebrain.mcgill.ca/flash/i/i_07/i_07_p/i_07_p_oub/i_07_p_oub.html
http://www.exploratorium.edu/memory/index.html
______________________________________________
Motivation
Weight and exercise: Brown adipose tissue
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/25/health/brown-fat-burns-ordinary-fat-study-finds.html?_r=1
Eating Disorders
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/eatingdisorders.cfm
https://www.sjmcmd.org/eatingdisorders/
Obesity Map of the United States
http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/adult.html
Candid Camera: Handsome teacher
mms://128.95.202.205/psych101/psych101_handsometeacher_800.wmv
Candid Camera: Pretty teacher
mms://128.95.202.205/psych101/psych101_prettyteacher_800.wmv
______________________________________________
Alcohol and
Drug Dependence
http://www.ncadd.org
______________________________________________
Psychological Disorders
NPR Report: Why
is psychiatry's new manual so much like the old one?
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/05/16/184454931/why-is-psychiatrys-new-manual-so-much-like-the-old-one
ECT therapy
http://www.learner.org/vod/vod_window.html?pid=1641
NPR Report::
Serotonin not the whole story about depression
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/01/23/145525853/when-it-comes-to-depression-serotonin-isnt-the-whole-story
NPR Report: New drug treatments for depression
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/01/31/146096540/i-wanted-to-live-new-depression-drugs-offer-hope-for-toughest-cases
________________________________________________
Therapy
Types of
Psychotherapy: Carl Rogers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m30jsZx_Ngs
Types of
Psychotherap: Fritz Perls
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8y5tuJ3Sojc
______________________________________________
Social
Psychology
"Obedience":
Milgram Shock Study
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bY3SC2Rq_V8
Stanford Prison
Study
http://www.prisonexp.org
_________________________________________________________________
