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9.00SC Introduction to Psychology

9.00SC Introduction to Psychology (Fall 2011, MIT OCW). Instructor: Professor John Gabrieli. This course is a survey of the scientific study of human nature, including how the mind works, and how the brain supports the mind. Topics include the mental and neural bases of perception, emotion, learning, memory, cognition, child development, personality, psychopathology, and social interaction. Students will consider how such knowledge relates to debates about nature and nurture, free will, consciousness, human differences, self, and society. (from ocw.mit.edu)

Lecture 07 - Attention

Do you ever get distracted when you are supposed to be focused? Why do we pay attention to something? How are we able to pay attention to certain things while ignoring others? Attention is present in almost all domains of human thought and feeling. During this session, we will focus on visual attention and explore how certain things can captivate our attention.


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Attention
Readings. Lecture Slides (PDF). Lecture Videos: View by Chapter. Discussion: Attention. Check Yourself. Further Study.

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Lecture 01 - Introduction
Lecture 02 - Science and Research
Lecture 03 - Brain I: Structure and Functions
Lecture 04 - Brain II: Methods of Research
Lecture 05 - Vision I
Lecture 06 - Vision II
Lecture 07 - Attention
Lecture 08 - Consciousness
Lecture 09 - Learning
Lecture 10 - Memory I
Lecture 11 - Memory II: Amnesia and Memory Systems
Lecture 12 - Language
Lecture 13 - Thinking
Lecture 14 - Intelligence
Lecture 15 - Emotion and Motivation
Lecture 16 - Personality
Lecture 17 - Child Development
Lecture 18 - Adult Development
Lecture 19 - Stress
Lecture 20 - Psychopathology I
Lecture 21 - Psychopathology II
Lecture 22 - Social Psychology I
Lecture 23 - Social Psychology II
Lecture 24 - Conclusions - Evolutionary Psychology, Happiness