Beginner Lessons

Lecture 4 Part 2: Nonlinear Root Finding, Optimization, and Adjoint Gradient Methods

Lecture 7 Part 2: Second Derivatives, Bilinear Forms, and Hessian Matrices

Lecture 4 Part 1: Gradients and Inner Products in Other Vector Spaces

Lecture 2 Part 2: Vectorization of Matrix Functions

Lecture 1 Part 2: Derivatives as Linear Operators

Lecture 8 Part 2: Automatic Differentiation on Computational Graphs

Lecture 7 Part 1: Derivatives of Random Functions

Lecture 6 Part 1: Adjoint Differentiation of ODE Solutions

Lecture 6 Part 2: Calculus of Variations and Gradients of Functionals

Lec14: Communication and Meerkats of the Kalahari Desert, part 1

Lec9: Lorenz on fundamental ethology, part 1

Lec29: Konrad Lorenz on learning, part 2

Lec2: Introduction to ethology

Lec28: Triumph of sociobiology and learning

Lec1: Introduction to animal behavior and how it is studied

Lec30: Konrad Lorenz on learning, part 3

15. Motor systems and brain states, part 1

7. Spinal cord development and anatomy, part 1

2. Introduction: methods and primitive cellular activities

9. Autonomic nervous system; differentiation of the brain vesicles and intro to the hindbrain...

33. Corpus striatum, part 1

1. Introduction: brain orientation, primitive cellular activities

35. Neocortex, part 1

Problem Session 8

Problem Session 7

Problem Session 9

13. The Battle of the Sexes: Love and Evolution (audio only)

23. Successful Disasters: Date Rape (audio only)

12. Intelligence: How Do We Know You Are Smart? (audio only)

18. Freud and Fairy Tales (audio only)

5. Attending: Limiting the Information (audio only)

7. Memory: What Do You Remember? (audio only)

2. Motivation and Emotion: "Reason Alone Cannot Move Us To Do Anything" (audio only)

6. Perceiving: Interpreting the Information (audio only)

11. Language Development: What Do Children Say? (audio only)

8. Cognition: How Do You Think? (audio only)

20. Defining Mental Illness: Are Suicide Bombers Insane? (audio only)

16. Who Are you? The Psychology of the Self (audio only)

15. Attitudes and Behaviors: How Can We Be Controlled? (audio only)

4. Sensing: Gathering the Information (audio only)

3. Learning: The Power of Association (audio only)

19. Sleep and Dreams (audio only)

9. Cognitive Development: How Do Children Think? (audio only)

22. Successful Disasters: Eating Disorders (audio only)

1. The Brain: Between the Ears, Behind the Eyes (audio only)

17. From Dissociation To Repression (audio only)

14. Social Exchange: Romantic Economics (audio only)

21. Causing Mental Illness: What Can Make You "Lose" Your Mind? (audio only)