The Human Brain
MIT OpenCourseWare's survey of how perceptual and cognitive abilities are implemented in the brain, covering mental representations, development, and the degree of functional specificity in brain regions. The course draws on current empirical literature in cognitive neuroscience, aiming to bring students to the research frontier so they can read and critically evaluate journal articles in the field. Materials on OCW typically include lecture notes, readings, and assignments used in MIT's own Brain and Cognitive Sciences curriculum, free to access with no enrollment fee. The course suits students who already have some background in psychology or neuroscience and want a structured path into how scientists study perception, attention, memory, and other core mental functions at the level of neural mechanisms rather than behavior alone.