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4.00 Credits
Lecture course that focuses on how the brain uses both sensory and stored information to generate behavior. Lectures and laboratories cover four main areas: sensory process, learning and memory, motivational and attentional mechanisms, and the motor system. Laboratories employ a range of electrophysiological techniques, lesions and pharmacological manipulations, and various behavioral techniques to examine the integrative processes by which the brain governs behavior. Note: Neural science majors in the honors track must register for both the lecture and the laboratory (4 and 2 points, respectively), but these need not be taken synchronously; nonmajors and non-honors-track students may only register for the lab section with permission of the instructor. A grade of B or better in Introduction to Neural Science (NEURL-UA 100) is required for entrance to the laboratory section. Registration is controlled for all students and requires approved access by the director of undergraduate studies and departmental authorization for enrollment.
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4.00 Credits
Provides supervised research activities in laboratories connected with the Center for Neural Science. Undergraduates are matched with a graduate student or faculty member working in an area of interest to the student. Students gain experience in many aspects of research and attend regular meetings to discuss recent advances in neuroscience and researchrelated issues.
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4.00 Credits
Seminar providing in-depth treatment of an area of current interest in neuroscience. Lectures present background material and address current problems in the area. Students read and discuss review articles and current literature on the topic. Course content is determined on a semester-by-semester basis. Students may take up to three different sections of this course. Topics offered include cognitive neural science, signal process in neural networks, molecular mechanisms of memory, motor function, vision, and whether exercise can change the brain.
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4.00 Credits
Explores how the nervous system develops in normal animals, and how genetic and epigenetic factors can disrupt these processes. Lectures on normal developmental mechanisms are interleaved with those on disorders to provide a solid foundation for our discussions of abnormal events during maturation. The lectures on normal development cover a broad range of topics, including differentiation, axon outgrowth, synapse formation, specificity of connections, and plasticity. The lectures on dysfunction include autism, dyslexia, mental retardation, specific language impairment, hearing loss, blindness, ADHD, demyelinating or neurodegenerative disorders, and axon regeneration. The major goals of the course are to understand the extent to which current theories can explain the etiology of each disorder and to learn how basic research can best facilitate advances in our knowledge and, ultimately, lead to treatments or cures.
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2.00 - 4.00 Credits
Independent study with a Center for Neural Science faculty member. Open to advanced neural science majors with permission of the director of undergraduate studies.
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4.00 Credits
An introduction to philosophy through the study of selected central problems. Topics may include free will; the existence of God; skepticism and knowledge; the mind-body problem. Gives training in philosophical argument and writing.
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4.00 Credits
Careful study of a few topics in the history of courses Department of Philosophy philosophy-either one philosopher's treatment of several philosophical problems, or several philosophers' treatments of one or two closely related problems. Examples: selected topics in Aristotle, theories of causation in early modern philosophy, and Kant's reaction to Hume.
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4.00 Credits
Thorough study of various concepts and issues in current theory and debate. Examples: moral and political rights, virtues and vices, equality, moral objectivity, the development of moral character, the variety of ethical obligations, and ethics and public policy.
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4.00 Credits
Careful study of a few current issues in epistemology and metaphysics. Examples: skepticism, necessity, causality, personal identity, and possible worlds.
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4.00 Credits
Careful study of a few current issues in language and mind. Examples: theory of reference, analyticity, intentionality, theory of mental content and attitudes, emergence and supervenience of mental states.
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