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About the Course

These are very unique times for brain research. The aperitif for the course will thus highlight the present “brain-excitements” worldwide. You will then become intimately acquainted with the operational principles of neuronal “life-ware” (synapses, neurons and the networks that they form) and consequently, on how neurons behave as computational microchips and how they plastically and constantly change - a process that underlies learning and memory. Recent heroic attempts to realistically simulate large cortical networks in the computer will be highlighted (e.g., “the Blue Brain Project”) and processes related to perception, cognition and emotions in the brain will be discussed. For dessert we will deliberate on the future of brain research, including the questions of “brain and art”, consciousness and free will. For more information see the course promo below and read “About the course.”...

Top reviews

LC

May 1, 2016

A great course that help me who knew almost nothing about the marvelous brain to understand the behavior. Also help me on understanding artificial neural network much better than before. Thanks a lot!

AB

Aug 13, 2017

Excellent teaching by Sir. He has created one more enthusiast in the journey of decoding Human Brain. Thank you Sir, getting my basics clear and this will help me to be better Neuro/AI researcher.

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By Jose E M S

Aug 14, 2015

exceptional

By Syed M N

May 8, 2023

Nice topic

By Carmi D

Mar 1, 2019

THANK YOU!

By Gesualdo L P

Dec 18, 2015

Wonderful.

By Alberto T

Dec 9, 2015

Amazing!!!

By 王宪赓

Sep 28, 2015

Motivated!

By Boopathi J

Mar 20, 2023

Excellent

By Rosa Y A M

May 10, 2020

Excellent

By Mason C M

Dec 25, 2016

Excellent

By Medhat A

Dec 1, 2016

excellent

By Thomas C

Oct 21, 2016

far ahead

By Egle B R D

May 14, 2016

INSPIRING

By Eric V

Feb 12, 2016

Excellent

By HOSSEIN R

Jan 26, 2022

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By Shreya S

Apr 15, 2021

Amazing

By Stephen A

Feb 17, 2022

awsome

By jorge a

Nov 5, 2015

great

By NITESH C

Apr 13, 2022

nice

By Mona A A

Sep 18, 2020

GOOD

By Hu X

Oct 20, 2015

c

By Eun Y L

Aug 14, 2015

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By BaharT

Mar 28, 2017

The best thing about the course was the acknowledgment that this is a highly interdisciplinary area and the emphasis on future research directions. The topics are covered by providing plenty of background explanation, though I found the repetition way too much at times. I would have liked to see the English in the slides, transcription of the videos, and most importantly, in the quizzes, proofread - at times, the seemingly small errors made it hard to understand what the quiz questions were about. A good introductory course all around. Thanks for your efforts!

By eleni m

Apr 19, 2020

This course stimulated my curiosity and was fun to watch!

The professor Segev is really good and tries to make the course comprehensive to all.

Thank you !!!

P.S. I would like to learn more about the functions of different parts of the brain. Gray matter vs white matter, functions of different areas of the brain... I understand that this course aims to focus on more microscopic functions (cells, synapses etc), but it would be interesting to have an overview of the brain in a small lecture.

By Erik B

Jul 31, 2019

I enjoyed the course material and many of the tests. My only complaint is some of the multiple choice questions were easy to interpret multiple ways, so that it was difficult to know which perspective we were expected to answer from. Sometimes, knowing too much, such as an exception to a rule, caused me to get an answer wrong when after a lot of research to make sure I found out that my answer is technically correct.

By Alireza

Apr 17, 2016

The course was fantastic!

I just like to see more details for each of human senses.

For example for the vision, speaking, hearing, listening, emotions.

I know some problem are kinda solved and people got Nobel prize for that. It could be more interesting if you could tell us which problems are not solved yet and if become solved there would be a Nobel for that.

In general, I love the course and the teacher! Thanks