Meet Your Master - Getting to Know Your Brain: Crash Course Psychology #4

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Published 2014-02-24
In this episode of Crash Course Psychology, we get to meet the brain. Hank talks us through the Central Nervous System, the ancestral structures of the brain, the limbic system, and new structures of the brain. Plus, what does Phineas Gage have to do with all of this?

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Chapters:
Introduction: Phrenology 00:00
Localized Parts of the Brain Control Different Functions 1:01
Basics of the Central Nervous System 2:15
The Curious Case of Phineas Gage 2:50
Brain Structures 5:15
Ancestral Structures of the Brain 5:37
"Old Brain" - Brain Stem, Medulla, Pons, Thalamus, Reticular Formation, Cerebellum 6:17
Limbic System - Amygdala, Hypothalamus, Hippocampus, Pituitary Gland 7:31
Gray Matter & Brain Hemispheres 8:32
Cerebral Cortex 9:31
Frontal, Parietal, Occipital, and Temporal Lobes 10:06
Specialized Regions: Motor Cortex, Somatosensory Cortex, & Association Areas 10:32
Review & Credits 11:39
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All Comments (21)
  • Does anyone else find it ironic that when we can't understand something about the brain, it's our brain that isn't understanding itself... So meta
  • @nbultman_art
    what if phinneas gage was just pissed that his eye was missing?
  • @mudhen24
    Psych exam in 3 hours, these videos are such a help.
  • @islamispeace333
    Your brain is the most important organ...According to your brain.
  • @rogerdotlee
    I wonder just how much my life would be different if Hank and John were my science/literature teachers in high school.
  • "for now, if you payed attention, you have learned..." me realising i was in thoughts (about something) for the past 2min
  • @child9125
    I wonder if the doctor said ''Fascinating!'' after Gage coughed out brain.
  • @Offlian
    Every psych class I've ever taken always has the story of Phineas Gage in the beginning of the text book. I can't blame you for using him, since he's such a helpful case study, but my god if I hear the story of Phineas Gage that isn't in the form of a limerick ONE MORE TIME. Seriously, the man deserves a limerick with a name and story like that. Phineas Gage, on every texbook page. Working the railroad for a living wage. Took a spike to the head But he wasn't dead Just a little weird, with some meanness and rage.
  • @shojintam4206
    Old brain: 7:15 Brain stem (core) Medilla (Automatic control) Reticular formation (arousal 激發) Cerebellum(Non verbal learning memory, voluntary motion, time) Limbic system: 8:08 Hypothalamus (Memory consolidation 鞏固 emotion) Amygdala (regulate temperature, circadian rhythms生理節奏, hunger, govern endocrine system) Pituitary gland( produce hormone) Hippocampus (Learning, memory) Two hemisphere (Think, speak, perceive) Left(Language) Right(creative) Cerebral cortex (Thin layer) 9:59 Frontal lobes(speaking, planning judging, abstract thinking 抽象 personality aspects) Motor cortex(control voluntary movements, send messages) Somatosensory cortex(processes incoming sensation) Partial lobes(sense of touch, body position) Temporal lobes(comprehension sound, speech) Occipital lobes(information related to sight)
  • Took an actual spike through his brain and literally just walked away from it? Damn. That's a whole new level of "like a boss"!
  • @kal4636
    I am a sophomore who is very interested in going into psychology, and I just really think it's interesting in itself. It's amazing to have this free course because psychology courses aren't available until I am a junior and it'll be nice to have a headstart, and possibly learn things I won't learn or discuss when i do start it in school. And i really love the way things are explained here and having the animations make it more interesting and more likely to be remembered.
  • @haliep3825
    He makes sense of everything as if he was in a normal conversation. I could listen to him for hours without getting bored
  • @mcsquared28
    I swear everyone is here trying to cram for the AP psychology exam today. Good luck everyone!