Biology 202 Neurobiology and Behavior Spring 2004

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

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