Great Courses: Memory and the Human Lifespan, Book + 4 DVDs Brand New & Sealed

Description: Great Courses: Memory and the Human Lifespan, Book + 4 DVDs, Brand New & SealedCondition is Brand New sealed with original the shrinkwrap. There is a small (2 inch) tear in the back of the set but the seal is still intact (see photos). No other faults at all.This will be packed very carefully and shipped US Media Mail with Tracking.We are happy to combine items to save you money on shipping. For example, we can send you three typical CDs for the price of 1. Just put your selection in your shopping cart and press the Request Total button (top right) and we will get back to you with the lowest combined shipping price.Remember Media Mail starts at $4.13 for the first pound weight (or fraction), but then only 74 cents for each additional pound (or fraction).And visit our store on eBay (GutenburgReads) to see the more than 700 interesting items we are selling.About This Course:The Teaching Company, creators of The Great Courses series of university-level lectures, sells this 24 lecture series, with 4 DVDs and the Course Guidebook, for $339.95. Or you could buy the pristine DVDs with their unblemished DVD tall case, and the new guidebook from us for less than one tenth of that and save over $300 for something else.Course OverviewWhat if your memory suddenly vanished? What if you could no longer summon up any recollections of your mother's embrace, a best friend's confidences, or the moment you first met your spouse? What if you couldn't even remember yourself—not your name, your school, where you worked, or even the face of the total stranger staring back at you from the mirror?If all of these memories were gone, would "self" even have a meaning?The truth is that while you may think of human memory as a capacity—a way to call up important facts or episodes from your past—it is much, much more.Your various memory systems, in fact, provide the continuity of consciousness that allows the concept of "you" to make sense, creating the ongoing narrative that makes your life truly yours. Without those systems and the overall experience of memory they make possible, you would have no context for the most crucial decisions of your life. You would have to make—without the benefit of experience and knowledge—the decisions that determine not only your quality of life, but your very survival. And your ability to learn, or even to form the personality that makes you unique, would similarly be set adrift.In Memory and the Human Lifespan, Professor Steve Joordens of the University of Toronto Scarborough, who has been repeatedly honored as both teacher and researcher, leads you on a startling voyage into the human mind, explaining not only how the various aspects of your memory operate, but the impact memory has on your daily experience of life.His 24 riveting lectures carefully explainthe different kinds of systems that come together to make memory possible;how those systems work together to build and access memories of specific events, solve problems, learn basic tasks like brushing your teeth, or acquire the skills to play a musical instrument;the kinds of memory deficits that result when various parts of the brain are damaged or deteriorate;how memory shapes not only your experience of the past but also of the present, as well as your expectations of the future;how your memory systems develop throughout your life; and much more.Moreover, by understanding how the brain organizes and encodes information, you can better harness its extraordinary powers to fine-tune how it works for you and use this information to help reshape your very experience of being alive.Stand on the Threshold of Great DiscoveriesWhile attempts to grasp and facilitate memory date back at least to classical Greece, only now can we truly begin to understand how memory works, thanks to the advantages of science and technology that have been developing for over a century.Working with the latest findings from memory research, Professor Joordens takes you inside the human mind, from infancy to advanced age, with a special emphasis on the variety of experiences that are characteristic of the adult mind. You'll learnhow your brain encodes, stores, and retrieves memories;the specialized roles played by your different memory systems, including semantic, episodic, procedural, and implicit memory;how research into the workings of the brain—once dependent on studying the deficits visited on brain-damaged patients—has made extraordinary leaps, with new technologies like functional magnetic resonance imaging allowing doctors to observe the brain at work, with no harm or discomfort to the patient.Such scientific advances have given doctors an unprecedented understanding of those deficits. And Professor Joordens makes certain in describing that underlying science that we never lose sight of the human beings who must live with the consequences of their conditions. In an especially poignant portrait, for example, he relates the story of British musician, conductor, and singer Clive Wearing. You learn how a brain infection damaged Wearing's hippocampus, a region deep within the brain that provides, among other things, a gateway from immediate working memory to long-term memory.Discover Startling Revelations about Human MemoryEach lecture of Memory and the Human Lifespanstartles you with surprising revelations about the extraordinary subject of memory. These includethe different aspects of memory that taxi drivers must call on to do their job, as well as the difficulty of mastering the knowledge needed to pass the qualifying exam in London—a task for which two to four years of study are recommended;the evidence of often-astonishing memory capabilities in animals, including the remarkable feats of a lobster-stealing octopus in Miami;how the principle of perceptual fluency influences your behavior by creating subtle feelings of warm familiarity in many situations in which you aren't even aware it is operating, from writing a story to shopping to making a choice in the voting booth; andwhat the latest research about so-called "recovered memories" and "false memories" may reveal about the accuracy of episodic memory itself, with implications we would do well to consider in many areas of life—including the courtroom.While Professor Joordens has built these lectures around the latest scientific findings, he has gone to great lengths to make each one absolutely accessible. Every point is clearly explained, and every lecture is enriched with illustrative analogies and vivid anecdotes and examples. It's this same approach that has won him numerous awards and accolades for his teaching, including the President's Teaching Award—the University of Toronto's highest honor—and the Leadership in Faculty Teaching Award.Just as important, the science is never allowed to overshadow the idea of memory as central to our very humanity. No matter how deeply into research results a lecture may go to explore the construction or retrieval of a memory, Memory and the Human Lifespan always presents the subject as a human experience—a fascinating, multilayered exploration of yourself that you'll never forget. By the way: Welcome to the new ebay storefront for The Shepherd's Center of Winston-Salem. The store will be operated by experienced ebay sellers who have been selling some of our best donations for several years now through their own storefronts. Now we are using these same experienced sellers to sell to you directly. For the philanthropists out there, the vast majority of the items sold by us (Gutenberg Reads and others), are for the benefit of The Shepherd's Center of Greater Winston-Salem, whose mission is to help house-bound seniors live full and independent lives in their own homes. The center provides transportation to medical appointments and grocery shopping, assistance with minor repairs around the house, and companionship through visits. The citizens of Winston-Salem generously donate books, music, movies, and more to us to help us achieve our mission. And now, you can buy useful items from us directly, and you will be helping the less fortunate in our city.

Price: 32 USD

Location: Winston-Salem, North Carolina

End Time: 2025-01-16T20:46:23.000Z

Shipping Cost: 4.87 USD