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MIT 9.11: The Human Brain (Spring 2018)

by indescions_2018 on 6/2/18, 10:01 PM with 69 comments

  • by nancykanwisher on 6/3/18, 3:49 AM

    Hi all- I am so psyched to see that some are finding the videos interesting! Do send comments if you have them. cheers, Nancy

  • by richardboegli on 6/2/18, 10:22 PM

  • by heckanoobs on 6/3/18, 12:03 AM

    Watched about an hour so far and this is fabulous. The talks very clearly outline the bounds of the problem space (known and unknown) and then start going region to region. The goal is to perceive the texture of the knowledge domain. This is my favorite way to learn about a subject.

    Looks like it's gonna be a nerdy Saturday night binge watching these. Too bad there isn't a Netflix for this kind of stuff

  • by mark-ruwt on 6/3/18, 12:29 AM

    For anyone curious about the MIT course numbering system: http://catalog.mit.edu/subjects/

  • by fermienrico on 6/3/18, 2:44 AM

    Thank you, this is the most incredible thing ever. From the introductory video, Nancy is an amazing speaker on such an interesting topic. I've just ordered pizza. I couldn't be more excited.

    Thank you again.

  • by eduren on 6/3/18, 12:43 AM

    Loving the lectures so far. Wondering if the assignments and readings are available somewhere, I haven't been able to find them.

  • by ghaff on 6/2/18, 10:33 PM

    There's a long history of really great MIT intro (or relatively so) psychology/brain science courses. Back in the 1970s, the intro course was a hugely popular lecture taught by the head of the department.

  • by JamilD on 6/3/18, 12:54 AM

    MIT’s Center for Brains, Minds, and Machines (CBMM) YouTube channel is a gold mine of interesting videos at the intersection of ML, neuroscience, and cognitive science. It’s definitely worth checking out.

  • by compute_me on 6/4/18, 7:30 AM

    This looks amazing! Added to my to-watch-list. Also, if you are interested in this kind of neuro- / cogsci- stuff with a tech-twist you might want to consider attending this wonderful spring school for an incredibly immersive learning experience: https://interdisciplinary-college.de/

  • by ghaff on 6/3/18, 7:08 PM

    I'm interested to check this out. I've been trying to understand AI better--but mostly from the ML perspective. I'm very out of date on brain science though. I took 9.00 back in the dark ages :-) but I'm not at all up on current research.

  • by home_boi on 6/3/18, 5:02 AM

    Have you guys applied these more technical/scientific details of the brain to your life?

  • by ultrasounder on 6/3/18, 6:01 AM

    Bookmarked! A real gem.Has become a rarity on HN these days. Will pace it and watch it over a month.

  • by robg on 6/3/18, 1:14 AM

    Now where did I put my user manual?

  • by bra-ket on 6/3/18, 2:34 AM

  • by m_herrlich on 6/3/18, 12:13 AM

    The typo on the second slide, "Marr's Level's of analysis" kinda jumps out doesn't it?