Biology 202 Neurobiology and Behavior Spring 2003

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

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