Biology 202 |
Date | Subject | Assignments Due | |
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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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