Class 1
a. Introduction to Class Procedures
b. Review of Syllabus
c. How the Brain Works
d. Limitations of Rational and Conscious Thought
e. Color in Nature
f. What We Know and What We Don’t Know
g. Parts of the Brain
h. Electrochemical Systems
Class 2
a. Optical and Auditory Illusions
b. Why They Work That Way
c. Illusions of Motion, Distance, and Three Dimensions
d. Heuristics
e. Application to Cognitive Biases
Class 3
a. Primacy of Optical
b. Using Optics to Override Reason
c. Subliminal Stimulation
d. Drug Advertising
Class 4
a. Neurotransmitters
b. Brainwaves
c. Taking Control
d. Costs and Benefits of Predictions
e. Directed Attention and the Stroop Effect
f. Amygdala, Anterior Cingulate Cortex, and Prefrontal Cortex
Class 5 Cognitive Biases
Class 6
a. Why We Feel Bad
b. Anxiety and Stress
c. HPA
d. Cortisol
e. Politics and the Brain
Class 7
a. Types of Nerve Cells
b. Brain Networks
c. Default Mode Network
Class 8
a. Brain Health
b. Mental Health
c. Psychedelics
Class 9
a. Inattentional Blindness
b. Change Blindness
c. Creating the Narrative
d. Choice Blindness
Class 10 tbd
a. Introduction to Class Procedures
b. Review of Syllabus
c. How the Brain Works
d. Limitations of Rational and Conscious Thought
e. Color in Nature
f. What We Know and What We Don’t Know
g. Parts of the Brain
h. Electrochemical Systems
Class 2
a. Optical and Auditory Illusions
b. Why They Work That Way
c. Illusions of Motion, Distance, and Three Dimensions
d. Heuristics
e. Application to Cognitive Biases
Class 3
a. Primacy of Optical
b. Using Optics to Override Reason
c. Subliminal Stimulation
d. Drug Advertising
Class 4
a. Neurotransmitters
b. Brainwaves
c. Taking Control
d. Costs and Benefits of Predictions
e. Directed Attention and the Stroop Effect
f. Amygdala, Anterior Cingulate Cortex, and Prefrontal Cortex
Class 5 Cognitive Biases
Class 6
a. Why We Feel Bad
b. Anxiety and Stress
c. HPA
d. Cortisol
e. Politics and the Brain
Class 7
a. Types of Nerve Cells
b. Brain Networks
c. Default Mode Network
Class 8
a. Brain Health
b. Mental Health
c. Psychedelics
Class 9
a. Inattentional Blindness
b. Change Blindness
c. Creating the Narrative
d. Choice Blindness
Class 10 tbd