Biology 202 Neurobiology and Behavior Spring 2001

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

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