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Fundamentals of Neuroscience

Harvard

1 recommender · 1 thread · recommended in 1 year, 2017 · score 0.7

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Harvard's free introductory neuroscience course (MCB80x) covering how the nervous system works, from cells and circuits up through brain function. It requires only a high school level background.

Commenters recommend it as the starting point before moving on to deeper neuroscience material, describing it as a free, high-quality multimedia course.

Science & Engineeringbeginnerfreeinteractive MOOC#neuroscience#brain#nervous system#harvard#mcb80x

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  1. RecommendsNoseshine2017in “What intelligent machines need to incorporate from the neocortex”

    Free excellent courses:

    Start with "Fundamentals of Neuroscience" by Harvard, free multimedia course that requires only a high school level education:

    https://www.mcb80x.org/

    then go to

    "Medical Neuroscience" on Coursera (the professor is a great teacher):

    https://www.coursera.org/learn/medical-neuroscience

    Especially the 2nd course is pretty big, on of the largest online courses there is in terms of videos to watch and things to learn. But while it is a lot it is much easier than the quantum mechanics course(s) half the size on edX. You don't have to think much, just listen and learn.

    Aft hat you have a very solid foundation, now check out more such courses on the same platform.

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