Video Segments in Abnormal Psychology, Second Edition
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[Worth Neuroscience Videos TOC — Topically Organized]
STUDYING THE BRAIN
Segment 1Touching the Brain: Electrically Stimulating the Speech Regions of the Brain
Segment 2fMRI: Unraveling Brain Structure and Function
Segment 3Undergoing an fMRI
THE ETHICS OF CONDUCTING RESEARCH
Segment 4Gene Therapy Research and Applications: Ethical Concerns
THE NERVOUS SYSTEM: BRAIN ORGANIZATION AND BRAIN DAMAGE
Segment 5The Frontal Lobe and Higher-Order Planning
Segment 6Seeing the Brain: Traumatic Brain Injury and the MRI
Segment 7Silent Strokes
Segment 8Prefrontal Lobotomy Procedure, 1942
Segment 9Patients Before and After Prefrontal Lobotomy, 1944
THE GENETIC BASIS OF BEHAVIOR
Segment 10The Human Genome Project
DEVELOPMENT OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM: PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT
Segment 11The Making of the Brain
Segment 12Stem Cells
Segment 13The Formation of Neural Networks
DEVELOPMENT OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM: EARLY LIFE AND CONTINUING DEVELOPMENT
Segment 14Development, Memory, and Familiarity
Segment 15Development and Shape Recognition: Distinguishing Faces from Other Forms
Segment 16The Teenage Brain
PLASTICITY OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
Segment 17Hydrocephalus Aftermath: The Left Hemisphere and Brain Plasticity
Segment 18Brain “Neglect”: A Consequence of Strokes
Segment 19Stroke: Motor Effects, Rehabilitation, and Brain Plasticity
COMMUNICATION WITHIN THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
Segment 20Activity, Exercise, and the Brain
Segment 21Neurotransmitters Spring into Action: Linking Placebo Effects to Endorphins
Segment 22Stress Hormones, Aging, and Memory Loss
Segment 23Observing Electrical Activity in the Brain: The Magnetoencephalogram (MEG)
Segment 24Epilepsy and Brain Imaging
THE EFFECTS OF PSYCHOACTIVE DRUGS
Segment 25The Addictive Effects of Cocaine: Sinking and Recovering
Segment 26The Biology of “Craving”: Cocaine Addiction
VISION AND THE BRAIN
Segment 27Perception and Recall of Faces
Segment 28Blindsight
Segment 29The Temporal Lobe and Visual Sensory Experiences
HEARING, OTHER SENSES, AND THE BRAIN
Segment 30Does Early Music Training Change the Brain?
Segment 31Listening and the Brain: Gender Differences
Segment 32“Phantom Limb” Sensation
Segment 33Autism: A Clinical Picture
Segment 34Sensory Overstimulation: An Insider’s Look at Autism
Segment 35Autism and Early Brain Development
Segment 36Causes of Autism: The Parents’ View
THE BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF MOVEMENT
Segment 37Brain Pathways Working Together: Vision and Hand Posturing
Segment 38The War Against Parkinson’s Disease
WAKEFULNESS AND SLEEP
Segment 39Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
Segment 40Treatments for Insomnia
Segment 41Undergoing a Sleep Study
Segment 42Daydreams
BODILY NEEDS: EATING, DRINKING, SEX
Segment 43Measuring Hunger and Pleasure During Hypothalamic Stimulation
Segment 44Natural Appetite Suppressants in the Brain
Segment 45Disgust and the Brain
Segment 46Love, Relating, and Oxytocin
THE BIOLOGY OF EMOTION AND STRESS
Segment 47Childhood Violence: Nature Versus Nurture
Segment 48Aggression and the Brain
Segment 49Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: The Roles of the Amygdala and Hippocampus
LANGUAGE
Segment 50Age Versus Learning: Language Acquisition by Children Triggers Shifts in Brain Organization
Segment 51Language Impairment in Stroke Victims
Segment 52Speech Deficits After Removal of the Left Hemisphere: Brain Plasticity
Segment 53Reading and the Brain: Learning to Read
Segment 54Dyslexia and the Brain
Segment 55Dyslexia: Clinical Picture and Treatment
Segment 56Phonemic Awareness: A Key to Better Reading Skills
Segment 57Reading and the Brain: Gender Differences
LATERALIZATION
Segment 58The Split Brain: Implications for Cognitive Functioning and Consciousness
Segment 59Learning to Draw by Using the Right Hemisphere of the Brain
Segment 60Handedness: Lefties Versus Righties
THE BIOLOGY OF LEARNING AND MEMORY
Segment 61Aging and Normal Memory Loss
Segment 62Diabetes and Memory Impairment
Segment 63Hippocampal Damage: Living with Memory Impairment
Segment 64Severe Anterograde Amnesia: A Clinical Picture
Segment 65Alzheimer’s Disease: A Clinical Picture
Segment 66The Development of Tangles and Plaques in Alzheimer’s Disease
Segment 67Alzheimer’s Disease: Structural Changes in the Brain
Segment 68Can the Immune System Be Used to Combat Alzheimer’s Disease?
AWARENESS AND CONSCIOUSNESS
Segment 69Mental Mapping and Insect Brains
Segment 70Consciousness and the Brain: The Emergence of a Scientific Debate
Segment 71Consciousness, Free Will, and the Brain: The Debate Continues
THE BIOLOGICAL BASIS OF MOOD DISORDERS AND SCHIZOPHRENIA
Segment 72Light Therapy for Seasonal Affective Disorder: Mimicking Nature
Segment 73Early Electroconvulsive Therapies
Segment 74Modern Electroconvulsive Therapy
Segment 75Hallucinations: A Clinical Picture
Segment 76Schizophrenia, Brain Structure, and Prenatal Development
Segment 77Single-Photon Emission Scan: Comparison of Schizophrenic and Nonschizophrenic Twins
Segment 78MRI Scan: Comparison of Schizophrenic and Nonschizophrenic Twins
Segment 79The Therapeutic Effect of Antipsychotic Drugs
Segment 80Undesired Effects of Conventional Antipsychotic Drugs
ANIMATIONS
Animation 1From Conception to Neurons
Animation 2Neuron Expansion and Migration
Animation 3Neural Networking/Brain Wiring
Animation 4Evolution of the Human Brain
Animation 5Stem Cell Activity
Animation 6Neural Communication Across Synapses
Animation 7Reading and the Brain
Animation 8Brain Areas for Visual Processing
Animation 9Multiple Visual Pathways in the Brain
Animation 10Language Areas of the Brain
Animation 11Fear Pathways in the Brain: The Amygdala
Animation 12Memory and Neuron Activity in the Hippocampus
Animation 13Neurofibrillary Tangles
Animation 14Plaques