Schedule

Tuesday, January 8

• Topics
  • Introduction to the course
  • What is a system?
• Assignments
  • Read: B&W 1:2-19.
  • Review: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systems_theory
  • Review: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/psychology/courses/1010/mangels/neuro/history/history.html.
  • Scan: https://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/hist.html
• Materials
  • Lecture notes | HTML slides |

Thursday, January 10

• Topics
  • History of neuroscience
  • Levels of analysis
  • Neuroscience methods I
• Assignments
  • Read: B&W 1:1-21; 2:51-57; 3:88-92.
  • Watch: Beautiful 3-D Brain Scans Show Every Synapse
  • Optional:
    • Grillner, Kozlov, Kotaleski (2005)
• Materials
  • Lecture notes. | HTML slides |

Tuesday, January 15

• Topics
  • Neuroscience methods II.
• Assignments
  • Read: B&W 2:51-57; 3:88-92.
  • Watch: Magnetic Resonance Imaging Explained
  • Optional: https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cognitive_Psychology_and_Cognitive_Neuroscience/Behavioural_and_Neuroscience_Methods.
• Materials
  • Lecture notes. | HTML slides |

Thursday, January 17

• Topics
  • Neuroanatomy I
• Assignments
  • Read B&W: 2:36-51.
• Materials
  • Lecture notes. | HTML slides |

Tuesday, January 22

• Topics
  • Neuroanatomy II
• Assignments
  • Read B&W: 2:36-51.
• Materials
  • Lecture notes. | HTML slides |

Thursday, January 24

• Topics
  • Quiz 1
  • Neuroanatomy III
• Materials
  • Lecture notes. | HTML slides |

Tuesday, January 29

• Topics
  • Cells of the nervous system
  • How nerve cells compute (Neurophysiology I)
• Assignments
  • Read B&W: 2:25-35.
  • Read B&W: 3:61-66.
• Materials
  • Lecture notes. | HTML slides |

Thursday, January 31

NO CLASS. UNIVERSITY CLOSURE

Tuesday, February 5

• Topics
  • Neurophysiology II
• Assignments
  • Read: B&W: 3:66-87.
  • Watch: Video about membrane potentials https://www.youtube.com/embed/PtKAeihnbv0
• Materials
  • Lecture notes. | HTML slides |

Thursday, February 7

• Topics
  • Neurophysiology III
  • Exam 1 Review
• Assignments
  • Read B&W 3:59-69
• Materials
• Lecture notes. | HTML slides |
• Study guide

Tuesday, February 12

• Topics
  • Exam 1.

Thursday, February 14

• Topics
  • Neurochemistry I
• Assignments
  • Read B&W 3:79-85.
  • Read B&W 4:95-103.
• Materials
  • Lecture notes. | HTML slides |

Tuesday, February 19

• Topics
  • Neurochemistry II
  • Hormones and the brain
• Assignments
  • Read B&W 4:101-112.
  • Read B&W 5:131-137; 5:143-155.
• Materials
  • Lecture notes. | HTML slides |

Thursday, February 21

• Topics
  • Wrap-up on neurochemistry
  • Quiz 2.
  • Blog post 1 (of 3) due. | Assignment details |
• Materials
  • Lecture notes. | HTML slides |

Tuesday, February 26

• Topics
  • Evolution of the human brain.
• Assignments
  • Read B&W 6:163-191.
• Materials
  • Lecture notes. | HTML slides |
  • Exam 2 study guide

Thursday, February 28

• Topics
  • Exam 2.

Tuesday, March 12

• Topic
  • Psychopathology I: Depression & Bipolar disorder
• Assignments
  • Read B&W 16:514-523.
• Materials
  • Lecture notes. | HTML slides |

Thursday, March 14

• Psychopathology II: Schizophrenia.
• Assignments
  • Read B&W 16:499-514.
• Materials
  • Lecture notes. | HTML slides |

Tuesday, March 19

• Topics
  • Emotion
  • Happiness & reward
  • Fear & stress
• Assignments
  • Read B&W 15:467-485; 15:488-497.
• Materials
  • Lecture notes. | HTML slides |

Thursday, March 21

• Topics
  • Quiz 3.
  • Exam 2 returned. | HTML slides |

Tuesday, March 26

• Topics
  • Sensory systems
  • Somatosensation
  • Pain
• Assignments
  • Read B&W 8:229-262.
• Materials
  • Lecture notes. | HTML slides |

Thursday, March 28

• Topics
  • Action
• Assignments
  • Blog post #2 (of 3) due. | Assignment details |
  • Read B&W 11:337-347.
• Materials
  • Lecture notes. | HTML slides |

Tuesday, April 2

• Topics
  • Action II
• Assignments
  • Read B&W 11:347-368.
• Materials
  • Lecture notes. | HTML slides |

Thursday, April 4

• Vision
• Assignments
  • Read B&W 10:301-321.
• Materials
  • Lecture notes. | HTML slides |

Tuesday, April 9

• Topics
  • Vision II
  • Review for Exam 3.
• Assignments
  • Read B&W 10:321-330.
• Materials
  • Lecture notes. | HTML slides |
  • Exam 3 study guide

Thursday, April 11

• Topics
  • Exam 3.

Tuesday, April 16

• Topics
  • Learning & memory
• Assignments
  • Read B&W 17:535-552.
• Papers or blog post #3 (of 3) due. | Blog assignment details | Paper assignment details |
• Materials
  • Lecture notes. | HTML slides |

Thursday, April 18

• Topics
  • Learning & memory II
  • Quiz 4.
  • Exam 3 returned. | HTML slides |
• Assignments
  • Read B&W 17:552-565.
• Materials
  • Lecture notes. | HTML slides |

Tuesday, April 23

• Topics
  • Talk by Alyssa Boob
  • Speed of nervous system conduction lab | HTML |

Thursday, April 25

• Topics
  • Review for Exam 4
  • The Cerebral Symphony
• Materials
  • Exam 4 study guide

Thursday, May 2, 4:40-6:30p, 112 Buckhout

• Exam 4