LH - Topic Modules

This page lists Learning Hub resources related to many core topics listed above. If you are looking for educational resources related to a topic that is not on this list, try the search tool above.

Abbreviations: MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW), Neural Information Processing Systems (NIPS), items that include @school refer to residential courses

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Science of Intelligence (Overview)

Courses and workshops provide a broad introduction to the study of intelligence in humans and machines
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Development of Intelligence

Lectures and courses explore how intelligence develops in infants and young children, and how this learning process may be modeled

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Machine Learning

Courses, workshop and tutorials present a range of machine learning methods used in neuroscientific, behavioral, and computational research on intelligence

Bayesian Method

Bayesian Methods

Resources that introduce probabilistic approaches to the study of human cognition, and methods and tools for implementing probabilistic models

Random Multimodel Deep Learning (RMDL)

Deep Learning

Lectures and tutorials on machine learning methods based on deep neural networks that capture aspects of the processing architecture of the brain

Face Recognition

Face Recognition

Lectures, workshop and course units explore computational models and perceptual studies of face recognition, and specialized neural machinery for face processing in the brain

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Object Recognition

Lectures and courses examine more broadly, the recognition of objects, spatial concepts, actions, and social cues in the human and primate visual systems

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Other Visual Processes

Lectures and tutorials explore aspects of early visual processing, its connection to art, and applications such as image retrieval, automated driving, and vision systems for the blind

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Language

Lectures, workshops and datasets related to the processing of natural language, and the integration of language and vision for scene understanding

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Functional Organization of the Brain & Brain Dysfunction

Lectures and courses explore the functional architecture of the brain, whether there exists brain regions specialized for certain tasks, and how mental dysfunction sheds light on this question

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fMRI Methods & Analysis

Resources that introduce a range of experimental methods using functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI), and fMRI data analysis tools and techniques

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Neuroscience Methods, Data Analysis & Innovations

Lectures and tutorials present an overview of many empirical methods used in neuroscience research to probe the behavior of neural circuits and analyze neural data

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Psychophysical Methods & Data Analysis

Web-based tools for conducting behavioral experiments and visualizing empirical data, and tutorials on empirical methods and data analysis techniques

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Memory & Sleep

Lectures on the role of the hippocampus and sleep on the formation of memories, and behavioral and modeling studies on the memorability of visual images

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Spatial Navigation & Robotics

Lectures and course units on spatial navigation in autonomous robots, self-driving cars, rodents and humans, and the design and application of the iCub humanoid robot

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Auditory Processing

Lectures describe the structure of the auditory system, early sensory processing stages, and analysis of auditory signals for speech processing and scene understanding

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Attention & Search

Lectures describe behavioral studies of the control of attention toward spatial and semantic elements of a visual scene, and implications for the underlying neural mechanisms of attention

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Consciousness

Lectures and course unit explore the study of consciousness, what is known about the nature of conscious experience, and possible behavioral and neural correlates of consciousness

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Social Intelligence

Lectures explore the neural and perceptual basis of social cognition, and course examines how neuroscience is used to study the brain mechanisms underlying moral behavior and evaluation

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Artificial Intelligence, Applications & Social Impact

Resources that provide an overview of artificial intelligence, the nature of general intelligence, and current and future applications of AI that benefit society