CEBN 0602 - From Brain to Sensation

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Brown University

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You feel grass under your feet and smell the fragrance of flowers in the air. Hearing birdsong, you look up to see a robin jumping from branch to branch in a nearby tree. How do shifting patterns of light, vibrations in the air, molecules floating into your nose and changes in the pressure on your skin result in these experiences? How does all this information reach our brain, and how is it put together into familiar sensations? In this class we will explore how everything you feel is transformed into electrical signals that form a unique code that the nervous system can interpret and process. Through hands-on experimentation we will test how our senses relay information about the outside world and make "reality" come together in our minds.

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.brown.edu

Phone Number:

(401) 863-1000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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