Understanding Memory
Explaining the Psychology of Memory through Movies
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Rating | 4.7★ based on 364 ratings |
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Length | 6 weeks |
Effort | 5 weeks of study, 1-2 hours/week |
Starts | Jun 26 (40 weeks ago) |
Cost | $49 |
From | Wesleyan University via Coursera |
Instructor | John Seamon |
Download Videos | On all desktop and mobile devices |
Language | English |
Subjects | Social Sciences Science |
Tags | Social Sciences Life Sciences Personal Development Psychology |
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use of movies
Indeed, the use of movies in studying and exploring the various concepts about memory is effective in contextualizing the ideas.
The use of movies to illustrate memory was fantastic in that the subject was entertaining.
The use of movies to illustrate the content is a very intelligent idea, as such illustrations help to deepen what is said and at the same time makes the lesson much more memorable.
Great techniques and impressive use of movies to illustrate memory principals.
The use of movies to explain memory and psychological issues helped me to understand better difficult terms and matters that are related to this subject.
And the use of movies reinforced learnings.
The understanding of the subject was easy because of movies.
Very Informative I loved the use of movies as visual examples of different types of memory loss and issue's that come with aging individuals.
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learn about memory
Really entertaining way to learn about memory, I really enjoyed this course.
Although I study psychology at university, (and have studied memory in detail), it is great to watch and learn about memory through the cinematic lens.
This was a very interesting way to learn about memory!
The way in which you can learn about memory is just amazing.
The professor has a tone of voice that is a little monotonous, but it was interesting to learn about memory with movies The course was very interesting and easy most of the times to follow.
Yes, in this course you can learn about memory and have fun watching movies.
As I love movies, it was perfect to learn about memory using movies as illustration, examples.
It is new approach to learn about memory through films.
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john seamon
Prof. John Seamon makes this course an absolute joy!
Liked the soft-spoken way of Prof John Seamon.
En este curso el Professor John Seamon nos explica con toda claridad y de manera entretenida cómo es el funcionamiento de nuestra memoria, brindándonos la información de los últimos estudios realizados.
This was my first experience in Corsera and I am thankful to Professor John Seamon for his didactic quality and for his humanity in dealing with such sensitive and dramatic subjects.
Huge thanks to the lecturer, John Seamon, for making the coursework so captivating and memorable.
A big thank you to the lecturer, John Seamon for providing and running through the course contents, also a big thank you to Wesleyan University for their willingness to share this course for free, and also to Coursera for giving the platform to be able to access this course.
John Seamon es un excelente profesor y disfrute tanto del curso, que me apeno terminarlo.
Mi mayor agradecimiento hacia John Seamon y todo el equipo de Coursera que hizo posible el curso.
"Understanding Memory" provided the perfect opportunity to resume my education with, what I perceive to be, a unique presentation of the subject matter by John Seamon.
Amazingly structured class, John Seamon's lecture is fluid and, together with the carefully chosen movie excerpts, even powerful at times.
Thanks to John Seamon from Weslesya University.
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professor seamon
professor seamon is a remarkable teacher,.
Thank you for the wonderful course, Professor Seamon.
Professor Seamon's narration and teaching was simple and easy to understand.
I like that Professor Seamon demonstrates various phenomena associated with Hollywood films.
Thank you Professor Seamon for this creative course work, that you designed.
I enjoyed Professor Seamon's lectures and I also enjoyed his book.
Professor Seamon has an endearing and personal style which makes the material come to life.
Professor Seamon,Thank you so much for a most interesting course.
Thank you for the Professor Seamon.
The delivery by Professor Seamon was the best so far It was a very interesting way to describe human memory, but I'm not giving it 5 stars because I feel it could have contained more scientific information.
I have enjoyed learning with Professor Seamon very much.
I thank Professor Seamon for this valuable course!
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highly recommend this course
I highly recommend this course to everyone!
Highly recommend this course for any person interested in memory or movies.
I would highly recommend this course for those interested in memory and aging.
I highly recommend this course to anyone!
I would and will highly recommend this course.
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easy to follow
This course is well designed and easy to follow.
Very interesting and easy to follow !
An overview of memory and its problems, using movies to reflect on them This course was easy to follow and entertaining and it was especially useful for learning about ageing and memory.
Alse found out about great movies to watch :) It is easy to follow, clear and informative.
Easy to follow and well presented.
The teacher is very pleasant and easy to follow.
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so much
Thank you so much.
Thanks so much Excellent course with interesting materials to cover some ground about memories.
Thank you so much for offering this valuable life knowledge.
P I learned so much from this course.
And not to worry about my 80 year old parents so much.
I liked the professor and subject so much I bought the book.
Thank you so much for sharing this course!
Also, as a movie fanatic, it was so much easier to understand the complex ways our mind works through all the great movies our instructor used.
Thank you so much for this course!!!
Thanks so much for the great course.
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really enjoyed
I learned a lot and really enjoyed the layout and material in the course.
I really enjoyed the presenter and have purchased his book so I could continue learning.
Overall, I really enjoyed the course and would gladly build on what I have taken away from it As the course has included movies to explain important concepts, it never gets boring.
Really enjoyed this course.
I was actually looking for filmstudy courses but i must say i really enjoyed this one.
Este curso ha sido muy instructivo I really enjoyed this class - it gave me some insight to how the mind works.
Great course, i really enjoyed it.
I really enjoyed studying this.
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movie clips
I learned a great deal about memory and enjoyed the movie clips.
I liked the way that course go... it was nice to know how our memory work I loved everything in the course: the structure, going in depth in the concepts, the little quizzes and the movie clips.
Really liked the idea of using movie clips.. -- gives audio/visual illustration/example to textual psychology topics.. Memory is an important topic to learn about.
This was an interesting course and the movie clips were a fun way to help us understand the concepts we were talking about.
Loved the use of movie clips.
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using movies
Using movies as a gateway to explain the intricacies of memory is a great idea....
More over this course also entertain using movies.
I liked learning using movies as examples.
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lot from
I learned a lot from this course.
I personally learnt a lot from the lecture and it helps me to realize the situation of the elderly around us.
I have learned a lot from this course.
I really enjoyed this course and learnt a lot from it, as the concept of memory was presented and explained in a very interesting and unique manner.
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very helpful
Very informative, entertaining and useful course for your own interest and personal development It's very helpful to me.
Thank you for giving me excellent information on psychological system.It is very helpful course for me.
This course about memory is very informative about a subject that everyone thinks about, around the world.We learn about the different types of memory, and about how age affects our memory as we get older, there are lectures on dementia and Alzheimers Disease, and a lecture on how to live healthy to keep our memory from aging early.The Professor uses movies to give us a visual on the topic discussed, which is a very helpful learning tool as well as entertaining.I highly recommend taking this course.
I find it very very helpful and interesting to learn.Thank you Professor and all crew Great Course, interesting subject, I liked the way the Professor presented this through movies.
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Rating | 4.7★ based on 364 ratings |
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Length | 6 weeks |
Effort | 5 weeks of study, 1-2 hours/week |
Starts | Jun 26 (40 weeks ago) |
Cost | $49 |
From | Wesleyan University via Coursera |
Instructor | John Seamon |
Download Videos | On all desktop and mobile devices |
Language | English |
Subjects | Social Sciences Science |
Tags | Social Sciences Life Sciences Personal Development Psychology |
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