Arts, Sciences, and Engineering |
Brain and Cognitive Sciences |
Course Section Listing |
Course |
Course Title |
Term |
Credits |
Status |
COURSE_SECTION-3-177116 |
BCSC 245-1 |
Sensory & Motor Neuroscience |
Fall 2024 |
4.0 |
Open |
Schedule: |
Day |
Begin |
End |
Location |
Start Date |
End Date |
MW
|
325 PM
|
440 PM
|
Meliora Room 221
|
08/26/2024
|
12/18/2024
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Enrollment: |
Enrolled
30
|
Capacity
80
|
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Co-Located: |
BCSC 245-1 (P), CVSC 245-1, NSCI 245-1 |
Instructors: |
Gregory DeAngelis |
Delivery Mode: |
In-Person |
Description: |
Focuses on how single neurons and populations of neurons represent sensory information, how sensory signals are transformed and decoded to mediate perception, and how perceptual signals are converted into neural commands to initiate actions. Explores how simple behaviors (such as detection and discrimination) can be quantified and explained in terms of neural activity. Introduces students to quantitative approaches for linking neural activity to perception and decision-making. Emphasizes studies of the visual, oculomotor, and somatosensory systems, with some attention to the auditory and vestibular systems as well. Prerequisite: NSCI 201/BCSC 240 |
Offered: |
Fall Spring Summer |