WinMount is a powerful windows utility which is dedicated to managing compressed archives and image files impressively and conveniently. It's used to mount MOU, RAR, ZIP, ISO,etc archives as virtual disk, which enabling you to use the files inside it directly without needing to extract it beforehand. Such convenient, therefore, saves your time and disk space dramatically. WinMount also have compress, decompress and browse function that widely used by common compression tools. Supports compressing, decompressing and browsing MOU, RAR, ZIP, 7Z.
WinMount, serving as a CD-ROM OR DVD-ROM emulator, supports almost all image file formats: ISO, BIN/CUE, CCD, BWT, MDS/MDF, NRG, IMG, ISZ, Microsoft WIM as a virtual disk. In addition, WinMount supports mounting VHD, WMT, Microsoft WIM, FLAC, APE, WV as a virtual disk and using them directly.
• MOU - A Highly, Fast, Free compressed format
• MOU is a new compressed file format that designed by WinMount.
• Features: Highly and fast compressed, by using the unique technology of mount, it can be mounted to a new virtual drive and be opened in a instant.
• RAR/ZIP/7Z can be converted to MOU by WinMount.
• MOU is free of charge. That is, MOU can be used or published by personal, commercial and government;
Compress, decompress, browse
• WinMount supports the regular operations for archives: compress, decompress (smart decompression is supported), browse.
ZIPfolder:Open a ZIP as a folder.
Mount - New opertation mode for archives
• Mount: Use archives directly by mounting them as a virtual drive, decompression is not needed.
• When mount RAR/ZIP file, WinMount will create an index file for it at the first time (only the first time), you should wait a moment. Other times you mount it will in an instant.
• We strongly recommend you to convert RAR/ZIP/7Z to MOU, because MOU never need to create index file.
Image files support
• WinMount supports mount image files to a virtual drive.
• They are: ISO, BIN/CUE, CCD, BWT, MDS/MDF, NRG, IMG, ISZ.
Audio, CD support
• WinMount supports mounting APE/FLAC/WV to a virtual CD. Conversion is not needed. You can listen to songs by selecting.
WMT - Designed for private files
• WMT can be opened by WinMount only. Encrypt function is being developed. This format is designed for protect the private files.
Other common formats support
• WinMount supports mounting VHD (Virtual hard disk).
• WinMount supports mounting WIM and browsing Microsoft WIM.
Folder support
• WinMount can mount folder as a virtual disk. This function is widely used by advance users.
More functions are on their way, check the list below:
• Support mounting Http, ftp
• Support mounting Ghost disk image file
• Support mounting VMWare disk image file
• Support mounting arj and ice archive files
• Support mounting Inno setup, install-shield archive files ... Whatever you can imagine
What's New in V3.2.0521 for 32-bit released
+ Enhanced WMT (which is made by old version) be write-back function;
- Error of user-defined path of index be fixed;
- Fix the bug for supporting to remount more than one files after restart WinMount;
- Fixed other bugs.
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Monday, June 8, 2009
WinMount v3 2 0521 WinAll
Icon Resource Pack Video Tutorials
Let yourself be taken by the hand through the world of visual interface design, and learn how to design icons for your own application, website, or company. Here a few reasons why it’s worth checking out.
I. THEORY
Introduction
About Icons
The History of Icons
Standards and Guidelines
II. TECHNIQUES
Introduction
Sketching out your icon
Software illustration 101
Sample icon: make a pencil
Sample icon: make a document
Putting the pieces together
Shading and shadows
Composing the Icon
Resizing icons
Creating an icon file
Postscript
Download:
http://www.filefactory.com/file/af692e9/n/IconResourcePack_part01_rar
http://www.filefactory.com/file/af7a2hf/n/IconResourcePack_part02_rar
http://www.filefactory.com/file/af693g4/n/IconResourcePack_part03_rar
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http://www.filefactory.com/file/af7acc9/n/IconResourcePack_part10_rar
http://www.filefactory.com/file/af7adh9/n/IconResourcePack_part11_rar
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Portable Babylon Pro 8.0.0
Babylon 8 is the world's leading dictionary and language translation software. Babylon offers you the most intuitive tool for all your translation needs. With Babylon you can quickly translate emails, web pages, documents, instant messages, and more. All you have to do is click on the word or text that you want to translate and a small window instantly appears with the desired results from Babylon's extensive database of language dictionaries, glossaries and conversion tools.
Babylon 8 features:
• Single Click activation
• Text translation - in 17 languages
• Results from the world's leading publishers
• Encyclopedias including Wikipedia content
• Translations in more than 75 languages
• Unit Conversions - Convert currencies, measurements and time
• Writing Tools for English
• Spelling Alternatives
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Sunday, June 7, 2009
H&M StudioLine Web 3.60.7.0 Portable
StudioLine Web integrates all functions for designing, publishing and maintaining professional web sites into a single user interface – layout editor, page editor, image archive, image editing, graphics and text effects, picture galleries, file transfer and site management. An absolute novelty – you easily edit your images, apply special effects and arrange them as collages directly on your page and immediately view the outcome. With StudioLine Web you realize your web designs in a snap: Images and text are positioned freely and remain editable. In three steps, your page is published to the Internet. For a successful start, we're offering a tutorial that walks you through the steps of creating this sample web site. You'll learn the basics and pick up many hints and tips for your own web site projects. Quality is not a luxury. Get started now, you'll master StudioLine in record time. Find pictures in the image archive using your descriptions and any combination of system, camera and user tags. Automatically generated web galleries and slide shows. Some key features: - Page Editor - The heart of StudioLine Web - Layout Editor - The powerful tool to give web sites a constant look and feel - Image Galleries - Build the sophisticated galleries you dreamed of - Special Graphic Effects - Site Management - everthing to control even large web sites - Publishing Management - FTP uploading the intelligent way. - Support for RAW Files
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FreeStyle Street Basketball 2009 (Online)
One of the features of FreeStyle Online is an unusual schedule, style of comics. This effect is achieved through the use of advanced processing technology of graphics Cel-shading, which allows you to make juicy and rich images, having high requirements for computer resources. Unlike most sports simulation, in which to manage an entire team, FreeStyle Online will help to act as a basketball player and get a completely new feeling of shared games with live partners stritbolnoy team. However, none of your character's confusion with the other, through the various options for appearance, clothing, hairstyles, tattoos and a powerful customization system player. Streetball - a team game. Of course, before each match, you can find new partners, but much more fun to play with friends and associates. As in any MMORPG, there is guild called clubs. Each of them has its own logo and uniforms. Contest - an integral part of street basketball. It is taking part in tournaments, players receive experience and special glasses, you can spend in the store. In the game there are three leagues: for beginners (the characters of levels 1-15) and experienced athletes (16-45 level), as well as a separate Club League. For each of them is statistics on players, but for Club - even for the teams. The best of the best compete with each other during the events.
System requirements: Minimum: Processor: Pentium III 800 Mhz; RAM: 256 Mb RAM; Graphics card: GeForce2 MX or ATI Radeon 7000; space on your hard drive space: ~ 800 Mb; Internet connection: 56 kbps.
Recommended: CPU: Pentium 4; RAM: 512 Mb RAM; Graphics Card: GeForce3 Ti, ATI Radeon 7500 or Intel GMA 950; space on your hard disk: ~ 1 Gb; Internet connection: a dedicated channel.
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Magnetic Joe 2 for iPhone & iPod
Magnetic Joe 2 is an arcade game with a revolutionarily simple control method. Your goal is to guide Joe, the little magnetic ball, to the exit of the levels by tapping the touch screen at the right moment. Sounds easy, doesn't it? You would not believe what wide range of possibilities and how much fun lies in this simple action. To best explain what makes the new Magnetic Joe 2 taste even better than Magnetic Joe Classic, we decided to reveal to you its secret formula: New Game Modes: - Training mode gives you a quick walk-through of all game modes; - Classic mode plays like the original game; - Collect mode features small Joes which you have to collect to unlock the exit; - Enemy mode features deadly foes like robots, spiders, spike balls and more. Extras (Unlockable abbilities): - Cloak: Joe becomes invisible, making the levels even more challenging; - Bad: Makes Joe stronger, letting him destroy walls more easily; - Rerverse: Reverses the controls. Now you have to demagnetize Joe; - Josephine: She is light and floats better; - Bot: Makes Joe immune to robots; - Fire: Makes Joe immune to fires; - Hood: Makes Joe immune to spike balls and green monsters.
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Beginning PHP, Apache, MySQL Web Development
- An ideal introduction to the entire process of setting up a Web site using PHP (a scripting language), MySQL (a database management system), and Apache (a Web server) - Programmers will be up and running in no time, whether they're using Linux or Windows servers - Shows readers step by step how to create several Web sites that share common themes, enabling readers to use these examples in real-world projects - Invaluable reading for even the experienced programmer whose current site has outgrown the traditional static structure and who is looking for a way to upgrade to a more efficient, user-friendly site - The companion Web site features sample PHP scripts, as well as two fully functional working applications from the book.
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iSoccer Backstreet v1.0.0 for iphone & ipod
Play iSoccer Backstreet and put your body-balancing and juggling skills to the ultimate test!
iSoccer Backstreet takes soccer out of the grassy fields and into the streets. Players can battle it out by performing amazing body balancing and dribbling tricks using different parts of their body while following complex rhythm patterns. Players’ shooting skills will also be put to the test challenging both your aim and strength. Play now and see what it’s like to be an iSoccer Backstreet pro!
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Friday, June 5, 2009
Simply Maya - Sand Speeder
Simply Maya brings you this brand new 14 part hardsurface modelling and texturing tutorial in conjunction with Outlaws Tales. The tutorial is aimed at people who have an understanding of the fundamentals of Maya, Photoshop and Zbrush. EngineThe project begins by setting up image plains in Maya to use as a reference guide for the start of the model, then gets straight to business by blocking out the basic forms using polygons. The following chapters then take you through an overview of a modelling process to help you finish the vehicle off. Techniques such as looking at real world references, path extrusion, radial placement and mesh extraction of objects are covered here as well as the standard modelling tools of Maya. Once the majority of modelling is over its time to begin setting up the model for Engine Wiretexturing and how to set up a uv map and optimise it in Maya’s Texture editor. On completion of the uv map the next chapters look at creating texture maps to help give the model a more realistic look. As well as using Photoshop for this process, you’ll be introduced to Zbrush. Using both programs separately and also in unison, you’ll see how to quickly achieve good looking textures. In the final chapters the textures are placed onto the model ready for rendering in a scene using just a 2d image as a background and a ground plane for shadowing. Then, rendering using Mental Rays Final Gather and a few spotlights, an overview is given showing how to make the Vehicle ‘fit’ into the 2d backdrop, similar to techniques used in motion pictures and television.
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Better Basketball Series[Videos]
Better Basketball Series[Videos]
The Better Basketball videos are packed with clearly explained fundamentals for youngsters, and advanced techniques for high-level players and coaches. Each DVD features a precise and detailed learning progression, professional filmmaking, and all the techniques needed to fully develop that particular skill. If you study these videos, and then put in the sweat to make the techniques part of your game, the result will be real improvement.
Includes:
- BETTER 1 ON 1 OFFENSE
- BETTER SHOOTING
- BETTER BALL HANDLING
- BETTER 1 ON 1 DEFENCE
- BETTER PASSING
- BETTER POST PLAY
- SCORING WITHOUT THE BALL
Better Defence Part 1
Download:
Part 1: http://w17.easy-share.com/1702431736.html
Part 2: http://w16.easy-share.com/1702431417.html
Part 3: http://w16.easy-share.com/1702431547.html
Part 4: http://w16.easy-share.com/1702431618.html
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Part 1: http://rapidshare.com/files/164033369/BB_-_Better_Defense_part1.part1.rar
Part 2: http://rapidshare.com/files/164040366/BB_-_Better_Defense_part1.part2.rar
Part 3: http://rapidshare.com/files/164022015/BB_-_Better_Defense_part1.part3.rar
Part 4: http://rapidshare.com/files/164025180/BB_-_Better_Defense_part1.part4.rar
Better Defence Part 2
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Part 1: http://w16.easy-share.com/1702450743.html
Part 2: http://w18.easy-share.com/1702451033.html
Part 3: http://w16.easy-share.com/1702450383.html
Part 4: http://w16.easy-share.com/1702450466.html
Better Handling ( Video splitted into 4 parts)
Video 1: http://w17.easy-share.com/1702429363.html
Video 2: http://w14.easy-share.com/1702499146.html
Video 3: http://w14.easy-share.com/1702498972.html
Video 4: http://w14.easy-share.com/1702499308.html
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Video 2: http://rapidshare.com/files/165724301/bb-b_bhand2.avi
Video 3: http://rapidshare.com/files/165709117/bb-b_bhand3.avi
Video 4: http://rapidshare.com/files/165715975/bb-b_bhand4.avi
Better Offence Part 1
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Part 1: http://w13.easy-share.com/1702443329.html
Part 2: http://w13.easy-share.com/1702443491.html
Part 3: http://w13.easy-share.com/1702443596.html
Part 4: http://w14.easy-share.com/1702443644.html
Better Offence Part 2
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Part 1: http://w18.easy-share.com/1702510756.html
Part 2: http://w18.easy-share.com/1702510950.html
Part 3: http://w18.easy-share.com/1702510413.html
Part 4: http://w18.easy-share.com/1702510522.html
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Part 3: http://rapidshare.com/files/166003935/BB_-BO_part2.part3.rar
Part 4: http://rapidshare.com/files/165996634/BB_-BO_part2.part4.rar
Better Passing ( Video splitted into 6 parts)
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Part 2: http://w15.easy-share.com/1702429622.html
Part 3: http://w15.easy-share.com/1702429840.html
Part 4: http://w13.easy-share.com/1702429988.html
Part 5: http://w13.easy-share.com/1702430081.html
Part 6: http://w13.easy-share.com/1702430178.html
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Part 4: http://rapidshare.com/files/163760478/bb-b_passing4.avi
Part 5: http://rapidshare.com/files/163564875/bb-b_passing5.avi
Part 6: http://rapidshare.com/files/163567953/bb-b_passing6.avi
Better Post Play Part 1
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Part 2: http://w16.easy-share.com/1702438923.html
Part 3: http://w17.easy-share.com/1702439460.html
Part 4: http://w17.easy-share.com/1702439588.html
Better Post Play Part 2
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Better Post Play Part 3
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Part 2: http://w14.easy-share.com/1702442971.html
Part 3: http://w14.easy-share.com/1702449742.html
Scoring Without The Ball
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Part 2: http://w16.easy-share.com/1702488866.html
Part 3: http://w16.easy-share.com/1702489089.html
Part 4: http://w13.easy-share.com/1702488145.html
Part 5: http://w13.easy-share.com/1702488362.html
Part 6: http://w13.easy-share.com/1702488412.html
Better Shooting ( Video splitted into 7 parts)
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Video 0: http://w15.easy-share.com/1702428412.html
Video 1: http://w15.easy-share.com/1702428616.html
Video 2: http://w15.easy-share.com/1702428838.html
Video 3: http://w17.easy-share.com/1702429034.html
Video 4: http://w17.easy-share.com/1702429205.html
Video 5: http://w17.easy-share.com/1702497858.html
Video 6: http://w17.easy-share.com/1702497923.html
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DJ Scream & Joe Gutta - Puttin On Shit
01 Joe Gutta Intro Interlude
02 Shit On Ya
03 Puttin On Shit f/Meannie (Shop Boys)
04 Um On f/ Rich Kidz
05 Turn Up
06 In The Studio w/JG Interlude
07 Jugg
08 Oh Lord
09 Party Hard f/CPC
10 Grind For Mines
11 Round My Way
12 JG Contacts Interlude
13 How We Do It
14 Ten Toes Down f/JR Get Money
15 Trap Time
16 Last Night
17 Don't Sleep Interlude
18 Hate On
19 Lifestyle f/K-Tino
20 Take You Home
21 Watch Me Do It f/Yung Chill
22 We Be In The Club
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Ultimate Game Design - Building Game Worlds
Filled with tips and techniques from veteran game designers at Sony, Blizzard, Disney, LucasArts, Activision, 3DO, and many others!
how to get into the game development industry now with details on the different types of jobs available.
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Bad Crystal 2.5
Bad Crystal is best a software solution that can fix stuck pixels, reduce screen burn-in and improve the quality of images displayed on a screen.
Bad Crystal as well and copes with the Dark patches on a plasma screen. Dark patches appear on plasma screens if an area of the screen does not change for a long period of time. For TV input, channel logos often burn into the screen. This can also occur on LCD screens and is more correctly referred to as image persistence.
Unlike the free software Bad Crystal has a speed regulator that will allow you to increase the likelihood get rid of defective pixels
Bad Crystal helps fix stuck pixels and image persistence on LCD screens and reduces burn-in on plasma screens. This is the safest and cheapest way to get rid and to protect your monitor from defective pixels
What has changed in the new version?
1) We will try to create support for the entire LCD including mobile phones, iPod, PSP, televisions, mini players, and much more
2) Already, we have developed a system of even greater change colours and its speed.
3) We will try to build a stronger matrix so as to rid of most long-standing pixels
4) In the new version if the same support for plasma screens
5) Compatibility with Windows 7
6) Improved clean defective pixels
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The Basketball Diaries
The true story of the death of innocence and the birth of an artist.
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Thursday, June 4, 2009
Easy Flash Recovery 2.1(Build 310)
Easy Flash Recovery is a great application which allows users to recover deleted, formatted and lost digital photos, images and pictures from any types of media cards. Literally it is a "first aid kit" for anyone who needs to recover deleted files and digital photos. It will help in the case if files accidentally deleted or lost due to hardware (camera or memory) malfunction or flash memory gets re-formatted. As modern digital cameras and flash cards allow rewriting files many times, the problem of accidentally or intentionally deleted pictures or video is familiar to any photographer. Now you don't have to be afraid of losing your photos: Easy Flash Recovery can tackle this problem easily and restore any deleted or lost file. Flash recovery for the following types of files: Common Image files - JPEG, TIFF, PNG, others Proffesional Digital Camera RAW recovery - Canon CRW recovery, Nikon NEF, Konica-Minolta MRW, Kodak DCR, others Video files - AVI, MOV, MPG/MPEG, others Document files - ZIP, DOC, XLS, RAR, others Please, note: you don't need to pay for the 'save function'! You can save ALL recovered files one by one and it's absolutely FREE. Here are some key features of "Easy Flash Recovery": · ability to undelete lost pictures · full screen preview for no cost · you can save ALL recovered files one by one for FREE! · restore images directly from your digital camera · low-level deep scan of the flash card and other media (hard drive, CD/DVD, etc) · professional recovery of RAW formats · support of any kind of flash card recovery
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Understand the brain
Understanding the Brain, a 36-lecture course by award-winning Professor Jeanette Norden of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, takes you inside this astonishingly complex organ and shows you how it works, from the gross level of its organization to the molecular level of how cells in the brain communicate. With its combination of neurology, biology, and psychology, this course will help you understand how we perceive the world through our senses, how we move, how we learn and remember, and how emotions affect our thoughts and actions. As you read this, your brain is alive with a flurry of activity, including: * directing the movement of your eyes * decoding the electrical impulses from your retina * recognizing the pattern of words and phrases and extracting their meaning * controlling your breathing, heart rate, and body temperature * adjusting your posture * screening out the buzz of background stimuli Everything that goes on inside your body and every interaction you have with the outside world is controlled by your brain. It allows you to cope masterfully with your everyday environment. It is capable of producing breathtaking athletic feats, sublime works of art, and profound scientific insights. It also produces the enormous range of emotional responses that can take us from the depths of depression to the heights of euphoria. Considering everything the brain does, how can this relatively small mass of tissue possibly be the source of our personalities, dreams, thoughts, sensations, utterances, and movements?
Solving the Mystery of the Brain The ancient Egyptians discarded the brain during mummification while carefully preserving other organs; to them, the brain was of no importance. Starting with the Greek physician Hippocrates, however, observers began tracing more and more of our sensory, nervous, and intellectual activities to the brain—and eventually to specific regions of the brain. The brain is still a mystery in many respects—for example, we still are unsure as to how consciousness is generated—but recent decades have seen unparalleled advances in understanding how the brain does what it does. In the last 50 years, an explosion of knowledge about the brain's structure and function has occurred. Scientists have performed amazing research by using tools such as MRIs and PET scanning to get a better grasp on deciphering the mysteries of how this important organ works.
Due to these technological advances, we can now pinpoint: * where light that enters the eye is converted into the subjective experience of sight * where pressure waves that reach the ear are processed into sound * where fear is generated * which areas of the brain are involved in spoken and written language * where the deep chemistry of love is kindled
What You Will Learn Understanding the Brain provides you with an in-depth view of the inner workings of your brain. Your tour starts with the organization of the central nervous system at the gross, cellular, and molecular levels, then investigates in detail how the brain accomplishes a host of tasks—from seeing and sleeping to performing music and constructing a personal identity. * The Structure of the Brain: Lectures 1–11 cover the cellular structure and the overall layout of this intricate organ. You learn how the brain develops during gestation, and are introduced to the technical vocabulary that you will use throughout the course. * Brain and Mind: Lectures 12–19 explore how the brain and mind are thought to be related by examining the sensory functions of sight, hearing, and bodily sensation. You analyze the motor system, which governs how movement is initiated and coordinated, and explore Parkinson's disease and its progressive impairment of movement. * Higher-Order Cognitive Functions: Lectures 20–29 discuss the areas of the brain thought to be responsible for language, emotion, executive function, and cognition—abilities that, in large part, define us as humans. You look at the underlying neurological mechanisms and explore their role in various phenomena like depression, musical ability and appreciation, and drug use. * Special Topics: Lectures 30–36 look at several subjects of universal interest. Are the brains of males and females different? How does the brain regulate sleep and dreaming? What is consciousness? And how can you understand the signs and symptoms of Alzheimer's disease? Our insights into the functioning of the brain often come from cases where something has gone wrong, such as strokes, tumors, injuries, neurological diseases, and mental illnesses—pathologies that vividly demonstrate the distinct roles played by the various affected regions. An expert neuroscientist, Dr. Norden provides a fascinating presentation of these cases.
Know Your Mind We now know that something important is always going on inside our brain and, as Understanding the Brain illustrates, if you know what to look for, you can observe specific aspects of your own brain in action: * Vision: The "now you see it, now you don't" feeling you get when you see an illusion is your brain trying to interpret raw data from the eyes. Far from taking a picture of the world and sending it to the brain, the eyes actually transmit very little information; "seeing" is a creation of the brain. * Thought: Sometimes, you can have trouble thinking after taking an antihistamine. This is because antihistamines do not just combat the effects of an allergy, they also block histamine as a neurotransmitter in the brain, altering your ability to think and process information. * Motor skills: When you learn how to walk, ride a bicycle, knit, dance, or perform some other motor skill, you reach a point where all of a sudden you are able to coordinate the new movement. That is because specialized neurons in your brain's cerebellum are now firing in sequence. * Emotion and memory: Think about doing your taxes. Does that thought elicit a particular emotion? We do not just remember something; our memories are colored with emotion. All of our experiences are influenced by previous experiences through complex loops in the brain's limbic system. * Social bonding: Your feeling of well-being with your spouse or friends has a neurochemical basis. The neurotransmitter oxytocin is found in very high concentrations in the limbic systems of animals that bond socially. * Consciousness: Sometimes, you can arrive at work with very little memory of the details of your journey; obviously you were not unconscious, but you were not fully aware either. This occurs when your brain is in "autopilot" mode—where it was in control without your being conscious of all that was happening around you.
Appreciate the Wonder of the Brain As a researcher, Dr. Norden has participated in an ongoing scientific revolution. She is also a nationally recognized educator, singled out as one of the most effective teachers in America in What the Best College Teachers Do. Among Dr. Norden's special qualities cited in the book is this simple, but highly effective, approach to teaching: "Before she begins the first class in any semester, she thinks about the awe and excitement she felt the first time anyone explained the brain to her, and she considers how she can help her students achieve that same feeling." You can share her consuming passion for the intricacies of the brain in this lively and engaging course, which Dr. Norden has designed specifically for those without a background in science. "All you need to bring is your own brain and a desire to learn," she says. Thus equipped, you will explore a broad range of exciting topics in neuroscience. Above all, you will come away from Understanding the Brain with a deeper knowledge of how the brain is organized—and a feeling of wonder and appreciation for all that it accomplishes.
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