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Introducing consciousness
History & The Arts

Introducing consciousness

...cortex (the area of the brain associated with vision) give rise to a reddish sensation, rather than a greenish one, or why the stimulation of certain cells in the olfactory bulb (the brain region associated with smell) causes a smell of grass clippings, rather than, say, one of linseed oil. The apparent arbitrariness of phenomenal character suggests a strange possibility....
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Blood and the respiratory system
Science, Maths & Technology

Blood and the respiratory system

...cortex, thalamus and cerebellum, which are also involved in breath control during speech and behavioural tasks that modify breathing by learning and experience...Blood and the respiratory system: 6.4 Sleep apnoea - Sleep apnoea occurs when airflow is disrupted during sleep. It can arise due to abnormalities in the medullary respiratory centres that result in a failure to...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Exploring anxiety
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring anxiety

...cortex, which takes slightly longer (about a fifth of a second) but allows information about the stimulus (its nature, location, threat level, etc.) to be consciously processed and an assessment to take place. Interaction between the amygdala, prefrontal cortex and hippocampus modulates the response (e.g. through assignment of emotional salience, monitoring and detection,...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
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Science, Maths & Technology

The science of alcohol

...cortex (PFC), which is at the front of the brain. The neurons within the PFC are associated with self-control and restraint. Moderate doses of ethanol selectively depress the activity of these neurons and so people who are intoxicated with ethanol are less restrained. This lack of restraint explains ethanol’s effectiveness as a ‘social lubricant’, but it can also...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Living psychology: animal minds
Health, Sports & Psychology

Living psychology: animal minds

...cortex (see Figure 2). Of particular importance are the amygdalae (‘amygdalae’ is the plural; the singular is ‘amygdala’), two small structures − one on each side − within the temporal lobes, which are involved in both emotional processing (especially fear) and emotional memory. [Described image] Figure 2 A diagram of a human brain showing the location of the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
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Money & Business

Effective communication in the workplace

...cortex, part of the brain that does more computation, which lets you actively focus on what you’re hearing and tune out sights and sounds that aren’t as immediately important. Some people are naturally ‘good listeners’, but the rest of us can improve by learning and practising our listening skills...Week 2: Communication skills: 2 What is active listening? -...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Childhood in the digital age
Education & Development

Childhood in the digital age

...cortex which is very well known to control the orientation of attention. The other one is the frontal lobe which controls how we sustain attention, and another one is the anterior cingulate which controls how we locate and regulate attention and resolve conflict. When we do brain imaging, we find that all three of these networks are actually much more efficient in people...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
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Education & Development

Young children, the outdoors and nature

...cortex, the sort of executive part of our brain, sends a signal that makes a little part of our brain much more flexible, more plastic, better at learning and shuts down activity in all the rest of our brains. So we have a very focused, purpose-driven kind of attention. If we look at babies and young children, we see something very different. I think babies and young...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs