Biology 202 Neurobiology and Behavior Spring 2002

Date	Subject	Assignments Due
INTRODUCTION
22 Jan	The problem, and methods of exploration
24 Jan	Neuroanatomy - Inputs and outputs
29 Jan	Neuroanatomy - The central nervous system	weekly essay
31 Jan	Neurophysiology I
5 Feb	Neurophysiology II	weekly essay
7 Feb	Neurochemistry
OUTPUT PROCESSING (Motor control)
12 Feb	Reflexology and central pattern generation	weekly essay
14 Feb	Central pattern generation and corollary discharge
19 Feb	Feedback processing	weekly essay
21 Feb	Muscle mechanics, motor synergies, and distributed control
26 Feb	Volunary movement	FIRST WEB PAPER
INPUT PROCESSING (Sensory processing)
28 Feb	Coding, filtering, and feature detection
5 March	Mapping and stereopsis	weekly essay
7 March	Color vision
12 March	SPRING BREAK
14 March	SPRING BREAK
19 March	Preattentive and attentive vision	weekly essay
THE SENSORIMOTOR INTERFACE
21 March	Population coding, parallel and distributed processing
26 March	Superimposed maps and activity-gated divergence	weekly essay
28 March	Gestalts and choices
2 April	Afference, expectation, and internal feedback	weekly essay
GLOBAL MODULATING SYSTEMS
4 April	Local and global phenomena - choice, attention, sleep/wake	weekly essay
9 April	Extrinsic vs. intrinsic factors	SECOND WEB PAPER
11 April	Multiple global control mechanisms
THE "I-FUNCTION" (Conscious processing)
16 April	Encephalization and the cortical problem	weekly essay
18 April	Awareness and self-awareness
23 April	Voluntary action and will	weekly essay
GENESIS OF NEURAL FUNCTION AND BEHAVIOR
25 April	The reality of the innate
30 April	Forms of neuronal lability, learning and memory	weekly essay
2 May	Individuality and creativity
		FINAL WEB PAPER Seniors: due 5 pm Friday, May 10 Others: due 5 pm, Friday, May 17

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