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The Human Brain

Prof. Nancy Kanwisher

This course surveys the core perceptual and cognitive abilities of the human mind and asks how they are implemented...

Science & Math Biology Cognitive Science

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Cognitive Neuroscience

Prof. Suzanne Corkin

This course explores the cognitive and neural processes that support attention, vision, language, motor control,...

Science & Math Biology Cognitive Science

intermediate

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Introduction to Neuroscience

Prof. Mark Bear

This course is an introduction to the mammalian nervous system, with emphasis on the structure and function of the...

Science & Math Biology

intermediate

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Introductory Biology

Prof. Barbara Imperiali

7.016 Introductory Biology provides an introduction to fundamental principles of biochemistry, molecular biology,...

Science & Math Biology Health & Medicine

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Introduction to Neural Computation

Prof. Michale Fee

This course introduces quantitative approaches to understanding brain and cognitive functions. Topics include...

Science & Math Biology Cognitive Science

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General Biochemistry

Prof. Michael Yaffe

This course focuses on contributions of biochemistry toward an understanding of the structure and functioning of...

Science & Math Biology Chemistry

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Designing Your Life

Gabriella Jordan

This course provides an exciting, eye-opening, and thoroughly useful inquiry into what it takes to live an...

Health & Medicine Mental Health

intermediate

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Brain Structure and Its Origins

Prof. Gerald E. Schneider

This course provides an outline of vertebrate functional neuroanatomy, aided by studies of comparative neuroanatomy...

Science & Math Biology Cognitive Science

intermediate

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Neuroscience and Behavior

Prof. Gerald E. Schneider

This course covers the relation of structure and function at various levels of neuronal integration. Topics include...

Social Sciences Psychology Science & Math

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Genetics

Prof. Chris Kaiser

This course discusses the principles of genetics with application to the study of biological function at the level...

Science & Math Biology

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Introduction to Computational Neuroscience

Prof. Sebastian Seung

This course gives a mathematical introduction to neural coding and dynamics. Topics include convolution,...

Science & Math Biology Cognitive Science

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Weight Training

Prof. Halston Taylor

This 12 session course is designed for the beginning or novice weight lifter, or for those who have experience...

Health & Medicine Public Health

intermediate

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Perception

Prof. Josh McDermott

This course studies how the senses work and how physical stimuli are transformed into signals in the nervous system....

Science & Math Cognitive Science Health & Medicine

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Biological Engineering Design

Prof. John Essigmann

This course illustrates how knowledge and principles of biology, biochemistry, and engineering are integrated to...

Engineering Biological Engineering Health & Medicine

intermediate

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Principles of Human Disease

Prof. David Housman

This course covers current understanding of, and modern approaches to human disease, emphasizing the molecular and...

Health & Medicine Immunology Pathology and Pathophysiology

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Sensation And Perception

Dr. Benjamin Balas

This course provides an introduction to important philosophical questions about the mind, specifically those that...

Social Sciences Psychology Science & Math

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Biochemistry Laboratory

Dr. Elizabeth Vogel Taylor

The course, which spans two thirds of a semester, provides students with a research-inspired laboratory experience...

Science & Math Biology

intermediate

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Increasing Your Physical Intelligence, Enhancing Your Social Smarts

Noah Riskin

The purpose of this class is to offer students a new perspective on the importance of our bodily experience to our...

Health & Medicine Mental Health Public Health

intermediate

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Sensory Systems

Prof. Peter H. Schiller

This course examines the neural bases of sensory perception. The focus is on physiological and anatomical studies of...

Science & Math Biology Health & Medicine

intermediate

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Ecology I: The Earth System

Prof. Edward DeLong

We will cover fundamentals of ecology, considering Earth as an integrated dynamic system. Topics include coevolution...

Science & Math Biology Earth Science

intermediate

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A Clinical Approach to the Human Brain

Prof. Thomas Byrne

This course is designed to provide an understanding of how the human brain works in health and disease, and is...

Social Sciences Psychology Science & Math

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Neuroscience and Society

Prof. Natasha Schüll

This course explores the social relevance of neuroscience, considering how emerging areas of brain research at once...

Social Sciences Sociology Science & Math

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Physical Intelligence

Noah Riskin

For all of the bodies attached to the many great minds that walk the Institute’s halls, in the work that goes on at...

Science & Math Cognitive Science Health & Medicine

intermediate

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Neuropharmacology

Dr. Daniela Tropea

The neuropharmacology course will discuss the drug-induced changes in functioning of the nervous system. The...

Science & Math Biology

intermediate

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Introduction to Neuroanatomy

Prof. Chris Moore

This subject will be an intensive introduction to neuroanatomy, involving lectures, demonstrations, and hands-on...

Science & Math Biology Health & Medicine

intermediate

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Fencing

Prof. Jaroslav Koniusz

This course is intended to provide students with the fundamentals of fencing, including footwork, bladework, bouting...

Health & Medicine Public Health

intermediate

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Cognitive Neuroscience of Remembering: Creating and Controlling Memory

Prof. Anthony Wagner

This course is offered during the Independent Activities Period (IAP), which is a special 4-week term at MIT that...

Science & Math Biology Cognitive Science

intermediate

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Quantitative Physiology: Organ Transport Systems

Prof. Jose Venegas

This course elaborates on the application of the principles of energy and mass flow to major human organ systems. It...

Science & Math Biology Engineering

intermediate

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Chemicals in the Environment: Toxicology and Public Health (BE.104J)

Prof. James Sherley

This course addresses the challenges of defining a relationship between exposure to environmental chemicals and...

Science & Math Earth Science Engineering

intermediate

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Experimental Molecular Genetics

Prof. Jing-Ke Weng

This project-based laboratory course provides students with in-depth experience in experimental molecular genetics,...

Science & Math Biology Humanities

intermediate

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SCUBA

Prof. Halston Taylor

This course will thoroughly educate the successful student with the knowledge and skills necessary to be a certified...

Health & Medicine Public Health

intermediate

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Systems Neuroscience Lab

Prof. James DiCarlo

Systems Neuroscience Laboratory consists of a series of laboratories designed to give students experience with basic...

Science & Math Biology

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Tennis

Prof. Carol Matsuzaki

The goals of this instructional course are to get you started in this wonderful sport and to give you a working...

Health & Medicine Public Health

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Quantitative Physiology: Cells and Tissues

Prof. Dennis Freeman

In this subject, we consider two basic topics in cellular biophysics, posed here as questions: Which molecules are...

Science & Math Biology Health & Medicine

intermediate

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Gender, Health, and Society

Dr. Brittany Charlton

This course draws on different disciplines, conceptual frameworks, and methodological approaches to examine gender...

Health & Medicine Immunology Mental Health

intermediate

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Cellular Neurophysiology

Prof. Guosong Liu

This course includes: Surveying the molecular and cellular mechanisms of neuronal communication. Coversion channels...

Science & Math Biology Health & Medicine

intermediate

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Chemistry of Sports

Dr. Patricia Christie

The seminar is designed to look at the science of triathlons and sports from a molecular/chemical biological point...

Pathology and Pathophysiology Public Health Health & Medicine

intermediate

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Laboratory in Visual Cognition

Prof. Aude Oliva

9.63 teaches principles of experimental methods in human perception and cognition, including design and statistical...

Science & Math Cognitive Science Health & Medicine

intermediate

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Neural Basis of Movement

Prof. Chris Moore

Surveys general principles and specific examples of motor control in biological systems. Emphasizes the neural...

Biology Pathology and Pathophysiology Biomedical Technologies

intermediate

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D-Lab: Medical Technologies for the Developing World

Jose Gomez-Marquez

D-Lab Health provides a multidisciplinary approach to global health technology design via guest lectures and a major...

International Development Public Health Biomedical Technologies

intermediate

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Science Writing and New Media: Perspectives on Medicine and Public Health

Dr. Cynthia Taft

Like other scientists, medical researchers and clinicians must be capable of presenting their work to an audience of...

Literature Public Health Humanities

intermediate

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Abnormal Language

Mr. Christopher Hirsch

Introduction to the linguistic study of language pathology, concentrating on experimental approaches and theoretical...

Health Care Management Linguistics Cognitive Science

intermediate

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Experimental Molecular Biology: Biotechnology II

Prof. Christopher Burge

The course applies molecular biology and reverse genetics approaches to the study of apoptosis, or programmed cell...

Engineering Biology Biological Engineering

intermediate

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Functional MRI of High-Level Vision

Prof. Nancy Kanwisher

We are now at an unprecedented point in the field of neuroscience: We can watch the human brain in action as it...

Imaging Biology Biomedical Technologies

intermediate

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Macroepidemiology (BE.102)

Prof. William Thilly

This course presents a challenging multi-dimensional perspective on the causes of human disease and mortality. The...

Biology Public Health Science & Math

intermediate

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Experimental Microbial Genetics

Prof. Dianne Newman

In this class, students engage in independent research projects to probe various aspects of the physiology of the...

Biology Science & Math

intermediate

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Biochemistry and Pharmacology of Synaptic Transmission

Prof. Richard Wurtman

This course considers the process of neurotransmission, especially chemicals used in the brain and elsewhere to...

Biology Cognitive Science Science & Math

intermediate

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Parkinson's Disease Workshop

Prof. Suzanne Corkin

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a chronic, progressive, degenerative disease of the brain that produces movement...

Imaging Biology Pathology and Pathophysiology

intermediate

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Archery

Prof. Cheryl Silva

This 12 session course is designed for the beginning or novice archer and uses recurve indoor target bows and...

Public Health Health & Medicine

intermediate

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Sailing

Prof. Francis Charles

The purpose of this class is to tell you something about our Tech Dinghy and how to sail it. This OCW site is...

Public Health Health & Medicine

intermediate

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Physics of COVID-19 Transmission

Prof. Martin Bazant

This resource is a collection of videos taught using a LightBoard, a specialized glass that creates a transparent...

Physics Chemical Engineering Public Health

intermediate

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AIDS and Poverty in Africa

Dr. Lee Perlman

This is a discussion-based interactive seminar on the two major issues that affect Sub-Saharan Africa: HIV/AIDS and...

International Development Public Health Social Sciences

intermediate