Schedule

W&B refers to the Watson & Breedlove text. Assignments are given in ‘chapter:pages’ format, e.g., 1:2-19 means read Chapter 1, pages 2-19.

Week 1, January 10 - 14

Tuesday, January 11

• Topics
  • Introduction to the course
  • A bit about systems
• Assignments
  • Read: W&B 1:3-21
• Materials
  • Slides | PDF

Thursday, January 13

• Topics
  • History of neuroscience
  • Levels of analysis
  • Neuroscience methods I
• Assignments
  • Scan: https://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/hist.html
  • Read: W&B 1:3-21; 2:29, 48-51; 3:75-79.
  • Watch: Beautiful 3-D Brain Scans Show Every Synapse
  • Optional:
    • Grillner, Kozlov, Kotaleski (2005)
• Materials
  • Slides | PDF

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Week 2, January 17 - 21

Tuesday, January 18

• Topics
  • Neuroscience methods II
• Assignments
  • Read: W&B 1:3-21; 2:29, 48-51; 3:75-79.
  • Watch: Magnetic Resonance Imaging Explained
  • Optional: https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cognitive_Psychology_and_Cognitive_Neuroscience/Behavioural_and_Neuroscience_Methods
• Materials
  • Slides | PDF

Thursday, January 20

• Topics
  • Neuroanatomy I
• Assignments
  • Read W&B 2:32-47
• Materials
  • Slides | PDF

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Week 3, January 24 - 28

Tuesday, January 25

• Topics
  • Neuroanatomy II
• Assignments
  • Read W&B 2:32-47
• Materials
  • Slides | PDF

Thursday, January 27

• Topics
  • Neuroanatomy III
  • Quiz 1, available on Canvas after class.
• Assignments
• Materials
  • Slides | PDF

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Week 4, January 31 - February 4

Tuesday, February 1

• Topics
  • Cells of the nervous system
  • How nerve cells compute (Neurophysiology I)
• Assignments
  • Read W&B: 2:23-32
  • Read W&B: 3:55-59
• Materials
  • Slides | PDF

Thursday, February 3

• Topics
  • Neurophysiology II
• Assignments
  • Read W&B: 3:55-70
  • Watch: Video about membrane potentials https://www.youtube.com/embed/PtKAeihnbv0
• Materials
  • Slides | PDF

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Week 5, February 7 - 11

Tuesday, February 8

• Topics
  • Neurophysiology III
  • Exam 1 Review
• Assignments
  • Read W&B 3:70-75
• Materials
  • Slides | PDF
  • Exam 1 Study Guide | PDF

Thursday, February 10

• Topics
  • Exam 1

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Week 6, February 14 - 18

Tuesday, February 15

• Topics
  • Neurochemistry I
• Assignments
  • Read W&B 4:83-92, 96-100
• Materials
  • Slides | PDF

Thursday, February 17

• Topics
  • Neurochemistry II
• Assignments
  • Read W&B 4:83-92, 96-100
  • Watch http://pittmedneuro.com/movies/transmission1.mp4
• Materials
  • Slides | PDF

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Week 7, February 21 - 25

Tuesday, February 22

• Topics
  • Hormones and the brain
  • Blog post 1 (of 3) due. | Assignment details |
  • Quiz 2, available on Canvas after class.
• Assignments
  • Read W&B 8:217-234
• Materials
  • Slides | PDF

Thursday, February 24

• Topics
  • Evolution of the human brain.
  • Review for Exam 2
• Assignments
  • Read
    • Foster, C. (2017, January 19). If you were an elephant …. The Guardian. http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jan/19/if-you-were-an-elephant-
    • Neubauer, S., & Hublin, J.-J. (2012). The Evolution of Human Brain Development. Evolutionary Biology, 39(4), 568–586. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11692-011-9156-1
• Materials
  • Slides. PDF
  • Exam 2 Study Guide. PDF

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Week 8, February 28 - March 4

Tuesday, March 1

• Topics
  • Exam 2, on Canvas.

Thursday, March 3

• Topics
  • Development of the human brain
• Materials
  • Slides. PDF

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Spring Break, March 7 - March 11

NO CLASS

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Week 9, March 14-18

Tuesday, March 15

• Topic
  • Psychopathology I: Depression & Bipolar disorder
• Assignments
  • Read W&B 12:361-371
• Materials
  • Slides | PDF

Thursday, March 17

• Topics
  • Psychopathology II: Schizophrenia
• Assignments
  • Read W&B 12:347-360.
    
• Materials
  • Slides | PDF

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Week 10, March 21-25

Tuesday, March 22

• Topics
  • Emotion
  • Happiness & reward
  • Fear & stress
  • Quiz 3, available on Canvas after class.
• Assignments
  • Blog post #2 (of 3) due. | Assignment details
• Materials
  • Slides | PDF

Thursday, March 24

• Topics
  • Emotion II
• Assignments
• Materials
  • Slides | PDF

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Week 11, March 28 - April 1

Tuesday, March 29

• Topics
  • Sensory systems
  • Somatosensation I
• Assignments
  • Read W&B 5:119-150
  • Read W&B 11:337-347
• Materials
  • Slides | PDF
  • Exam Study Guide. PDF

Thursday, March 31

• Topics
  • Exam 3

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Week 12, April 4-8

Tuesday, April 5

• Topics
  • Somatosensation II
  • Action I
• Materials
  • Slides | PDF

Thursday, April 7

• Topics
  • Action II
• Materials
  • Slides | PDF

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Week 13, April 11-15

Tuesday, April 12

• Topics
  • Vision I
• Assignments
  • Read W&B 7:183-201
• Materials
  • Slides | PDF
• Papers or blog post #3 (of 3) due. | Blog assignment details | Paper assignment details |

Thursday, April 14

• Topics
  • Vision II
• Assignments
  • Read W&B 7:201-215.
• Materials
  • Slides | PDF

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Week 14, April 18-22

Tuesday, April 19

• Topics
  • Learning & memory
• Assignments
  • Read W&B 13:379-391.
• Materials
  • Slides | PDF

Thursday, April 21

• Topics
  • NO CLASS MEETING
  • Quiz 4, available on Canvas at 3:05 PM.

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Week 15, April 25 - 29

Tuesday, April 26

• Topics
  • Learning & memory II
• Assignments
  • Read W&B 13:392-401.
• Materials
  • Slides | PDF

Thursday, April 28

• Topics
  • Review for Exam 4.
  • Frontiers & careers in neuroscience
  • The Cerebral Symphony
• Materials
  • Exam 4 Study Guide |PDF.

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Finals Week, May 2 - 6

Tuesday, May 3

• Exam 4, on Canvas 12:00 pm (noon) to 10:00 pm

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