Brain basics
The human body course covers the brain in one chapter. This one goes further: how neurons work, what the regions do, how the brain changes with experience, and which popular claims about it are false.
What you'll learn
10 chapters, then the quiz
- 01NeuronsThe signalling cell.
- 02The main regionsA rough map.
- 03How function is distributedNetworks, not boxes.
- 04PlasticityA brain shaped by use.
- 05How the brain is studiedEvery method has a catch.
- 06Brain chemistryNeurotransmitters, carefully.
- 07Sleep and energyMaintenance is not optional.
- 08NeuromythsClaims to discard.
- 09Across a lifetimeBuilding and pruning.
- 10Brain and mindWhat neuroscience does not settle.
More mind tests
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Critical thinking
Weighing claims, sources and evidence without either swallowing or dismissing them.
8 questions7 min - Medium
Cognitive biases
The predictable ways judgement bends, and what actually helps.
8 questions7 min - Easy
Psychology basics
What the field actually studies, what it has established, and what did not replicate.
8 questions7 min