Lecture 38: Neocortex

Lecture 36: Neocortex

Lecture 34: Corpus striatum

Lecture 33: Corpus striatum

Lecture 32: Hypothalamus and limbic system 2

Lecture 31: Hypothalamus and limbic system 2

Lecture 30: Hypothalamus and limbic system 2

Lecture 29: Hypothalamus and limbic system 1

Lecture 28: Hypothalamus and limbic system 1

Lecture 27: Hypothalamus and limbic system 1

This class may be an interesting one for comparative neurobiology, but there is simply too much adaptationist story telling. To the trained ear, Gerald Schneider is clearly not an evolutionary biologist. There are a lot of good data in here to mine and synthesize in a better way, but there is no phylogenetic context and nothing here fundamentally unifies the information in a cogent and synthetic framework. The class has so much potential, but the lack of Schneider&#39;s evolutionary training -- despite the course title -- leaves a lot to be desired.

Not an evolutionary biologist

Professor Schneider gives an interesting lecture full of information from current studies as well as his own research. The class is not for everybody though. Unless you have some background in Anatomy it can be frustrating to listen to the lecture since there is no video and the textbook is not published anywhere. There are lecture notes and some slides but they only go as far as lecture 15. So, If you have listened to 15 lectures without supplimental materials you should probably be at MIT anyway.

One of the Best; Albeit incomplete

Brain Structure and Its Origins (2009)

Lecture 3: Steps to the CNS of chordates

Lecture 25: Auditory and related sensory

Lecture 24: Auditory and related sensory

Lecture 23: Visual systems

Lecture 22: Visual systems

Lecture 20: Gustatory and olfactory systems

Lecture 18: Midterm review

Lecture 17: Motor systems

Lecture 16: Motor systems

Lecture 15: Motor systems

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