Sensory Systems Courses and Certifications

The Brain and Space

15 ratings

Trace how the brain builds a sense of space: depth cues, receptive fields and cortical maps, sound localization, reference frames, vestibular navigation, place cells and grid cells.

• Coursera
• 6 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Sensory Systems

2 ratings

This course examines the neural bases of sensory perception. The focus is on physiological and anatomical studies of the mammalian nervous system as well as behavioral studies of animals and humans.

• MIT OpenCourseWare
• 30 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Medical Neuroscience

52 ratings

In this course, you will discover the organization of the neural systems in the brain and spinal cord that mediate sensation, motivate bodily action, and integrate sensorimotor signals with memory, emotion and related faculties of cognition.

• Coursera
• 18 weeks, 4 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

• Best of All Time

Understanding the Brain: The Neurobiology of Everyday Life

27 ratings

Learn how the nervous system produces behavior: neuronal signaling, neuroanatomy, vision, hearing, the vestibular sense, voluntary movement, homeostasis, and common neurological disorders.

• Coursera
• 10 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

• Best of All Time

Visual and Auditory Perception: How We See and Hear

Trace how light and sound become perception: eye anatomy and photoreceptors, visual pathways to the cortex, EEG, fMRI and TMS methods, and auditory processing from cochlea onward.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Cedar & Juniper Nosedive (Live Online)

20 ratings at CourseHorse

This hands-on workshop explores the complementary pairing of juniper and cedar, two foundational materials in perfumery that together create fresh, aromatic-woody accords ranging from crisp and transparent to dry and structured.

• CourseHorse
• 1 hour
• Self-Paced
• $85.00

Pine & Fir Balsam Nosedive (Live Online)

20 ratings at CourseHorse

This immersive workshop explores the evocative world of coniferous perfumery through pine and fir balsam, two materials that capture the freshness, resin, and balsamic warmth of forest landscapes.

• CourseHorse
• 1 hour
• Self-Paced
• $85.00

Three Fruits, One Sunday: Mango (Live Online)

20 ratings at CourseHorse

Explore the scent of Mango through guided smelling and Pierre Bénard Ségu’s Systematic of Scents, discovering its facets, key profiles, accords, and aromatic connections.

• CourseHorse
• Self-Paced
• $90.00

Three Fruits, One Sunday: Pineapple (Live Online)

20 ratings at CourseHorse

Explore the scent of Pineapple through guided smelling and Pierre Bénard Ségu’s Systematic of Scents, discovering its facets, key profiles, accords, and aromatic connections.

• CourseHorse
• Self-Paced
• $90.00

Understanding Plants - Part I: What a Plant Knows

12 ratings

Plants sense the world much as we do: explore phototropism and phytochrome, volatile signaling, the Venus flytrap's touch response, gravity sensing, and epigenetic plant memory.

• Coursera
• 7 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Ninja Nerd

Special Senses - Photoreceptors - Rods and Cones

Explains how rods and cones detect different types of light and how photoreceptors adapt as the environment shifts between light and darkness.

• YouTube
• 27 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Stanford Otolaryngology — Head & Neck Surgery

Sensorium - Enhancing the World of Perception

Explore cutting-edge advancements in sensory enhancement technologies and their potential to revolutionize human perception and interaction with the world.

• YouTube
• 11 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The Royal Institution

Biological Navigation Systems - Where Am I? - Show Me the Way to Go Home 4/6

Explore biological navigation systems and sensory skills that enable animals to find their way, from homing pigeons using magnetic senses to proprioception in body awareness.

• YouTube
• 58 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Fundamentals of Neuroscience, Part 3: The Brain

7 ratings

Discover what makes your brain tick in this third course in our introductory series in neuroscience.

• edX
• 8 weeks, 3-5 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Visual Perception and the Brain

6 ratings

We see the physical world in a strange way: examine how vision generates lightness, color, space and motion, drawing on neuroscience, psychology and vision science history.

• Coursera
• 5 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course