Cognitive Sciences Courses and Certifications

Principles of Music Perception

Explore the universal aspects of music perception, including tonal and metrical systems, and their impact on human psychology across cultures and developmental stages.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 21 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

The Power of Habits

Explore cognitive science behind behavior change, learn to build positive habits, break negative ones, and sustain long-term improvements. Discover techniques to transform your life through goal-setting and environmental influence.

• CreativeLive
• 15 hours 48 minutes
• On-Demand
• $29.00

The Full Stack

Factored Cognition Primer by Ought

Explore factored cognition through a hands-on livecoding session, diving into Ought's primer to understand complex problem-solving techniques and AI-assisted reasoning.

• YouTube
• 2 hours 29 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

IEEE

Embodiment in Artificial Intelligence - Session 8

Explore the concept of embodiment in AI and robotics, examining how physical form influences cognitive processes and interactions with the environment.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 19 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Institute for Pure & Applied Mathematics (IPAM)

Cognitive and Computational Foundations for Collective Human Intelligence

Explore cognitive and computational foundations of collective human intelligence with MIT's Josh Tenenbaum in this insightful presentation from IPAM's workshop.

• YouTube
• 34 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

The Aspen Institute

Wired for Connection - How Our Brains Create Communities

Explore how social connections enhance cognitive abilities, creativity, and overall well-being. Learn about the extended mind concept and its impact on intelligence and problem-solving.

• YouTube
• 47 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

MITCBMM

Towards a Mechanistic Understanding of Compositionality

Explore the concept of compositionality across various domains, including language, tool use, and drawing, with insights into its mechanisms and applications in cognitive science.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 1 minute
• On-Demand
• Free Video

MITCBMM

Efficient Representation, Learning, and Planning Through Abstraction - Clustering Cognitive Spaces Into Submaps

Explore efficient representation and learning through abstraction, focusing on cognitive space clustering and its impact on memory, navigation, and planning in complex environments.

• YouTube
• 58 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

MITCBMM

A Number Sense as an Emergent Property of the Manipulation Brain

Explore how number sense emerges from brain manipulation, examining experiments, perceptions, and the role of supervised learning in developing numerical understanding.

• YouTube
• 47 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

MITCBMM

Computational Models of Cognition - Reverse-Engineering Common Sense in the Human Mind and Brain Pt 1

Explore cognitive modeling to reverse-engineer human common sense, examining AI progress, scientific context, and probabilistic programming techniques for capturing learning and constructing models.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 7 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

MITCBMM

Computational Models of Cognition - Part 2

Explore intuitive physics, mental models, and probabilistic reasoning in cognitive science, featuring cutting-edge research on infant cognition and AI applications.

• YouTube
• 59 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

MITCBMM

Visual Search - Differences Between Your Brain and Deep Neural Networks

Explore how human visual perception differs from deep neural networks, examining experiments, results, and implications for fields like medical imaging.

• YouTube
• 28 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

MITCBMM

Is There Anything Special About Human Intelligence? - Vs. Non-Human Animals, Vs. Machines

Explore human intelligence compared to animals and machines in this panel discussion, examining unique cognitive abilities, language, abstract thinking, and self-awareness.

• YouTube
• 1 hour
• On-Demand
• Free Video

MITCBMM

Learning About the Physical World - Comparing Humans, Deep Neural Networks, and Probabilistic Programs

Explore intuitive physics and psychology in human cognition, comparing it with AI approaches like deep neural networks and probabilistic programs for understanding the physical world.

• YouTube
• 37 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

MITCBMM

Development of Intelligence - Tomer Ullman vs. Laura Schulz Debate

Debate exploring theories of intelligence development, comparing stochastic search models with goal-oriented hypothesis generation and the role of imagination in cognitive processes.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 23 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video