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This course surveys questions about human behavior and mental life ranging from how you see to why you fall in love. The great controversies: nature and nurture, free will, consciousness, human differences, self and society. Students are exposed to the range of theoretical perspectives including biological, evolutionary, cognitive, and psyc
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- brain and cognitive sciences
- human behavior
- brain
- perception
- memory
- motivation
- emotion
- learning
- senses
- sensation
- cognition
- thinking
- language
- intelligence
- love
- evolution
- attitude
- behavior
- self
- dissociation
- repression
- morality
- freud
- sleep
- dreams
- mental illness
- fairy tale
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This course is an introduction to the mammalian nervous system, with emphasis on the structure and function of the human brain. Topics include the function of nerve cells, sensory systems, control of movement, learning and memory, and diseases of the brain.
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- brain and cognitive sciences
- neuroscience
- vision
- hearing
- neuroanatomy
- color vision
- blind spot
- retinal phototransduction
- cortical maps
- primary visual cortex
- complex cells
- extrastriate cortex
- ear
- cochlea
- basilar membrane
- auditory transduction
- hair cells
- phase-locking
- sound localization
- auditory cortex
- somatosensory system
- motor system
- synaptic transm
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This course covers the relation of structure and function at various levels of neuronal integration. Topics include functional neuroanatomy and neurophysiology, sensory and motor systems, centrally programmed behavior, sensory systems, sleep and dreaming, motivation and reward, emotional displays of various types, "higher functions" and the
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- brain and cognitive sciences
- functional neuroanatomy
- functional neurophysiology
- motor systems
- centrally programmed behavior
- sensory systems
- sleep
- dreaming
- motivation
- reward
- emotional displays
- higher functions
- neocortex
- neural processes in learning and memory
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Survey of principles underlying the structure and function of the nervous system, integrating molecular, cellular, and systems approaches. Topics: development of the nervous system and its connections, cell biology or neurons, neurotransmitters and synaptic transmission, sensory systems of the brain, the neuro-endocrine system, the motor sy
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- brain and cognitive sciences
- cns
- nervous system
- molecular
- cellular
- systems
- development
- cell biology
- neurons
- neurotransmitters
- synaptic
- transmission
- sensory systems
- brain
- neuroendocrine system
- the motor system
- cortical functions
- behavioral
- learning
- memory
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This course is the second half of the intensive survey of brain and behavioral studies for first-year graduate students in the Brain and Cognitive Sciences curriculum. Each module of this core course involves a series of overview lectures by leading researchers in the field. By offering a thorough introduction to the current state of the di
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- brain and cognitive sciences
- brain
- brain
- behavioral
- behavioral
- perception
- attention
- working memory
- recognition
- recall
- language
- cognitive science
- computation
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This class is the second half of an intensive survey of cognitive science for first-year graduate students. Topics include visual perception, language, memory, cognitive architecture, learning, reasoning, decision-making, and cognitive development. Topics covered are from behavioral, computational, and neural perspectives.
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- brain and cognitive sciences
- brain
- behavioral
- perception
- attention
- working memory
- recognition
- recall
- language
- cognitive science
- computation
- visual perception
- memory
- cognitive architecture
- learning
- reasoning
- decision-making
- cognitive development
- behavioral perspective
- computational perspective
- neural perspective
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This course explores the major areas of cellular and molecular neurobiology, including excitable cells and membranes, ion channels and receptors, synaptic transmission, cell-type determination, axon guidance, neuronal cell biology, neurotrophin signaling and cell survival, synapse formation and neural plasticity. Material includes lectures
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- brain and cognitive sciences
- cellular
- molecular neurobiology
- cells
- membranes
- ion channels
- receptors
- synaptic transmission
- axon guidance
- targeting
- neuronal cell biology
- synapse formation
- plasticity
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Consists of a series of hands-on laboratories designed to give students experience with common techniques for conducting neuroscience research. Included are sessions on anatomical, ablation, neurophysiological, and computer modeling techniques, and ways these techniques are used to study brain function. Each session consists of a brief quiz
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- brain and cognitive sciences
- anatomy
- neuroscience
- ablation
- neurophysiological
- computer modeling techniques
- brain function
- physiology
- immuno histochemistry
- histology
- nerual tissue
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This course highlights the interplay between cellular and molecular storage mechanisms and the cognitive neuroscience of memory, with an emphasis on human and animal models of hippocampal mechanisms and function. Class sessions include lectures and discussion of papers.
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- brain and cognitive sciences
- learning
- memory
- neural plasticity
- electrophysiology
- hippocampus
- synapse
- aplysia
- drosophlia
- nmda
- semantic memory
- working memory
- short-term memory
- alzheimer's disease
- skill learning
- mirror neurons
- short-term
- long-term
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This comprehensive course on the visual system is designed to ground future researchers in the field of visual science and to provide scientists with an excellent basis for using the visual system as a model in research. In this graduate seminar, anatomical, neurophysiological, imaging and behavioral research is examined in an attempt to ga
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- brain and cognitive sciences
- anatomical
- neurophysiological
- imaging
- behavior
- functional
- structural organization
- visual scene
- processing
- visual system
- color vision
- adaptation
- eye movements
- visual analysis
- motion perception
- depth perception
- pattern perception
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This course examines the neural bases of visual and auditory processing for perception and sensorimotor control, focusing on physiological and anatomical studies of the mammalian nervous system as well as behavioral studies of animals and humans. Visual pattern, color and depth perception, auditory responses and speech coding, and spatial l
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- brain and cognitive sciences
- visual processing
- auditory processing
- perception
- sensorimotor control
- nervous system
- depth perception
- auditory responses
- speech coding
- spatial localization
- retina
- lateral geniculate nucleus
- visual cortex
- auditory nerve
- cochlear
- brainstem reflexes
- sound localization
- auditory cortex
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Surveys general principles and specific examples of motor control in biological systems. Emphasizes the neural mechanisms underlying different aspects of movement and movement planning. Covers sensory reception, reflex arcs, spinal cord organization, pattern generators, muscle function, locomotion, eye movement, and cognitive aspects of mot
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- brain and cognitive sciences
- motor control
- neural mechanisms
- movement
- movement planning
- sensory reception
- reflex arcs
- spinal cord organization
- pattern generators
- muscle function
- locomotion
- eye movement
- cognitive aspects of motor control
- central motor structures
- cerebellum
- basal ganglia
- cerebral cortex
- cortical plasticity
- motor learning
- computation
- mo
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This course emphasizes statistics as a powerful tool for studying complex issues in behavioral and biological sciences, and explores the limitations of statistics as a method of inquiry. The course covers descriptive statistics, probability and random variables, inferential statistics, and basic issues in experimental design. Techniques int
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- brain and cognitive sciences
- statistics
- standard deviation
- anova
- variance
- chi squared
- mean
- median
- spread
- graphs
- histograms
- binomial distribution
- random variables
- sampling
- experimental design
- probability
- confidence intervals
- error bars
- best fit
- hypothesis testing
- linear regression
- regression
- correlation
- categorical data
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Surveys the literature on the cognitive and neural organization of human memory and learning. Includes consideration of working memory and executive control, episodic and semantic memory, and implicit forms of memory. Emphasizes integration of cognitive theory with recent insights from functional neuroimaging (e.g., fMRI and PET).
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- brain and cognitive sciences
- cognitive
- neural organization
- human memory
- learning
- working memory
- executive control
- episodic
- semantic memory
- functional neuroimaging
- fmri
- pet
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This course serves as an introduction to the structure and function of the nervous system. Emphasis is placed on the cellular properties of neurons and other excitable cells. Topics covered include the structure and biophysical properties of excitable cells, synaptic transmission, neurochemistry, neurodevelopment, and the integration of inf
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- brain and cognitive sciences
- neurobiology
- structure
- function
- nervous system
- cellular
- neurons
- excitable cells
- biophysics
- synaptic transmission
- neurochemistry
- neurodevelopment
- visual system
- neuromuscular junction
- membrane channels
- signaling
- ion channels
- action potential
- neurotransmitters
- biochemistry
- synapses
- learning
- memory
- axons
- hearing
- thermore
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This course explores the cognitive and neural processes that support attention, vision, language, motor control, navigation, and memory. It introduces basic neuroanatomy, functional imaging techniques, and behavioral measures of cognition, and discusses methods by which inferences about the brain bases of cognition are made. We consider evi
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- brain and cognitive sciences
- emphasizing attention
- vision
- language
- motor control
- memory
- functional imaging techniques
- cognition
- neurological diseases
- alzheimer's disease
- parkinson's disease
- huntington's disease
- balint's syndrome
- amnesia
- focal lesions
- stroke
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