Acerca de este curso: With deteriorating health, particularly brain health, occurring at a global level, this course introduces you to methods for maximizing your brain's fitness through nutrition, exercise, meditation, and sleep. We'll debunk popular myths about prescribed practices for overall health and then uncover studies from the last few decades revealing practical routines and interventions that are proven to help improve the brain. You'll also get a glimpse at the brain's structure and common brain functions, as well as a "prescription" each week of tips for improving your brain's health.
Creada por: Emory University
Enseñado por: Karima Benameur, MD, Assistant Professor
Department of Neurology, School of Medicine
| Nivel | Principiante |
| Compromiso | 4 weeks of study, 2-3 hours/week |
| Idioma | English |
| Cómo aprobar | Aprueba todas las tareas calificadas para completar el curso. |
| Calificaciones del usuario |
Programa
SEMANA 1
Nutrition and the Brain
In this first week, you'll get a simple primer on the brain before diving into the history of nutrition and landmark studies on certain diets that can improve brain health.
13 videos, 5 lecturas, 1 cuestionario de práctica
- Reading: Course Outline and Grading Information
- Vídeo: Structural Anatomy of Our Brains
- Vídeo: Functional Anatomy of Our Brains
- Reading: Brain Structure & Brain Activity [Handout]
- Vídeo: Neurological Diseases & Nutritional Health
- Vídeo: The History of Nutritional Research, 1950s-1980s
- Vídeo: The History of Nutritional Research, 1980s-Present
- Reading: Nutritional Research & Global Health
- Vídeo: What Happens When We Eat
- Vídeo: Insulin Resistance & Effects on the Brain
- Reading: Insulin Resistance
- Vídeo: The Myth About Supplements
- Vídeo: The Mediterranean Diet
- Vídeo: The Ketogenic Diet
- Vídeo: Intermittent Fasting
- Reading: Diet Resources
- Vídeo: Your "Prescription"
- Practice Quiz: Practice
Calificado: Week 1
SEMANA 2
Exercise and the Brain
During our second week, we'll uncover what exercise does to the brain (including physical and mental exercises) and look at human and animal research that provides us with these insights.
7 videos, 2 lecturas, 1 cuestionario de práctica
- Vídeo: Animal Studies
- Reading: Physical Inactivity, Mice, BDNF
- Vídeo: Healthy Brains
- Vídeo: Impaired Brains
- Vídeo: Cognitive Training
- Reading: Physical & Cognitive Exercise
- Vídeo: [OPTIONAL] Interview with Dr. Lydia Fazzio
- Vídeo: Your "Prescription"
- Practice Quiz: Practice
Calificado: Week 2
SEMANA 3
Meditation and the Brain
For our third week, we'll uncover the neuroscience behind meditation and mindfulness and recognize the effects of meditation on brain activity and brain structure.
8 videos, 3 lecturas, 1 cuestionario de práctica
- Vídeo: The Scientific Study of Meditation
- Reading: What Is Mindfulness?
- Vídeo: Meditation & Brain Structure
- Vídeo: Meditation & Brain Activity
- Vídeo: Meditation, Emotions, & the Immune System
- Reading: Meditation's Effects
- Vídeo: The Benefits of Meditation
- Reading: Meditation Resources
- Vídeo: [OPTIONAL] Interview with Dr. Geshe Lobsang Tenzin Negi
- Vídeo: Your "Prescription"
- Practice Quiz: Practice
Calificado: Week 3
SEMANA 4
Sleep and the Brain
In this final week, we'll look at how sleep works as an active process in the brain, assess the effects of sleep deprivation, and consider helpful practices for improved sleep and brain health.
6 videos, 3 lecturas, 1 cuestionario de práctica
- Vídeo: The Biology of Waking and Sleeping
- Vídeo: What Happens During Sleep?
- Reading: Functions of Sleep
- Vídeo: Chronic Diseases
- Vídeo: Reviewing The Data
- Reading: Sleep Questionnaires
- Reading: Sleep Disorders and Healthy Sleep
- Vídeo: Your "Prescription"
- Practice Quiz: Practice
Calificado: Week 4
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Creadores
Emory University
Emory University, located in Atlanta, Georgia, is one of the world's leading research universities. Its mission is to create, preserve, teach and apply knowledge in the service of humanity.
Tarifa
| Comprar curso | |
|---|---|
| Accede a los materiales del curso | Disponible |
| Accede a los materiales con calificación | Disponible |
| Recibe una calificación final | Disponible |
| Obtén un Certificado de curso para compartir | Disponible |
Calificaciones y revisiones
Super informative! It felt like it was just the right amount of depth on each topic with extra resources to go deeper if wanted/needed.
Great presentation. This course integrates many very resent research results.
An eye-opening course! You will know how diet (insulin resistance actually), meditation, sleep and exercise affect your brain.
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JL
This course provides a very good notion of how the brain works and what/how several activities and habits from daily life interfere with brain activity. Though the subject is completely out of my background, it was interesting and not too complex to follow.
Good investment of my free time!