Bio 202, spring 2009 - Schedule
Submitted by Paul Grobstein on Sat, 01/17/2009 - 12:51pm
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| Date | Subject | Assignments Due | |
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| 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 | ||
| 3 March | Mapping and stereopsis | forum posting | |
| 5 March | Color vision | ||
| 10 March | SPRING BREAK | ||
| 12 March | SPRING BREAK | ||
| 17 March | Preattentive and attentive vision | forum posting | |
| THE SENSORIMOTOR INTERFACE | |||
| 19 March | Population coding, parallel and distributed processing | ||
| 24 March | Superimposed maps and activity-gated divergence | forum posting | |
| 26 March | Gestalts and choices | ||
| 31 March |
Afference, expectation, and internal feedback | forum posting | |
| GLOBAL MODULATING SYSTEMS | |||
| 2 April | Local and global phenomena - choice, attention, sleep/wake | forum posting | |
| 7 April | Extrinsic vs. intrinsic factors | SECOND WEB PAPER | |
| 9 April | Multiple global control mechanisms | ||
| THE I-FUNCTION/STORY TELLER/MEANING MAKER (Conscious processing) | |||
| 14 April | Encephalization and the cortical problem | forum posting | |
| 16 April | Awareness and self-awareness | ||
| 21 April | Voluntary action and will | forum posting | |
| GENESIS OF NEURAL FUNCTION AND BEHAVIOR | |||
| 23 April | The reality of the innate | ||
| 28 April |
Forms of neuronal lability, learning and memory | forum posting | |
| 30 April |
Individuality and creativity | ||
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FINAL WEB PAPER |
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