WINTER 2002 (go here for current/latest version)

Professor:

Marty Sereno -- sereno@cogsci

class: MWF 11:15-12:05 PM, HSS 1330

extra graduate lectures: F 9:00-10:00, CSB 180 (and during ugrad tests, location TBA)

office hours: MF 12:15-1:15 PM, CSB 171, and by email appt

Assistants:

TA: Flavia Filimon -- ffilimon@cogsci.ucsd.edu (section handouts)

TA: Valerie Uzzell -- uzzell@salk.edu

IA: Nathan Rosecrans -- nrosecra@ucsd.edu

IA: Gabe Castillo -- gcastillo@ucsd.edu

Undergraduate Sections (440565):

(A01) Mon 2:30-3:15 (Valerie Uzzell) York 4050A

(A02) Tue 3:35-4:25 (Flavia Filimon) York 4050A

(A03) Tue 4:40-5:30 (Gabe Castillo) Solis 109

(A04) Wed 3:35-4:25 (Nathan Rosecrans) York 4050A

(A05) Fri 9:05-9:55 (*** cancelled! ***)

Readings & Tests--Undergraduate: (test keys: here)

Required: Rosenzweig, Breedlove, Leiman Biological Psychology (ISBN 0-87893-709-9)

Recommended: Zigmond et al. Fundamental Neuroscience (ISBN 0-12-780870-1)

Full attendence crucial to pass this class!

2 midterms, final -- short-answer (worst midterm:15%, best midterm:45%, final:40%)

Readings & Tests--Graduate:

Required: two-volume xeroxed reader of original articles

Recommended: Zigmond et al. Fundamental Neuroscience (ISBN 0-12-780870-1)

3 short-answer homeworks, 4-7 page final paper (topic from assigned list)

Graduate readings

Graduate homework: quiz1, quiz2, quiz3

Lecture Topics: (Winter 2002 -- this page: http://cogsci.ucsd.edu/~sereno/107B))

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1/07 -- Neurons -- membrane potential, action potential (Chap. 1-3)

1/09 -- Neurons -- post-synaptic, dendritic propagation (Chap. 4)

1/11 -- Neurons -- NMDA channels and learning (Ch. 18)

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1/14 -- Networks -- backpropagation learning (lecture-only)

1/16 -- Networks -- attractor networks (lecture-only)

1/18 -- Networks -- Hebbian feedfoward learning (lecture-only)

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1/21 -- [HOLIDAY]

1/23 -- Development -- neural tube, cortical areas (lecture-only)

1/25 -- Visual System -- exam review, intro to sensory systems

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1/28 -- 1ST EXAM

1/30 -- Visual System -- retina, dLGN (Chap. 10)

2/01 -- Visual System -- edges, visual maps (Chap. 10)

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2/04 -- Visual System -- visual processing streams (Chap. 10)

2/06 -- Visual System -- visual motion (Chap. 10)

2/08 -- Visual System -- attention, objects (Chap. 10)

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2/11 -- Somatosensory System -- receptors, brainstem (Chap. 8)

2/13 -- Somatosensory System -- somatosensory cortex (Chap. 8)

2/15 -- Auditory/Vestibular System -- transduction (Chap. 9)

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2/18 -- [HOLIDAY]

2/20 -- Auditory System -- sound localization (Chap. 9)

2/22 -- Auditory System -- echolocation, speech sounds (lecture-only)

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2/25 -- Motor System -- gaze stabilization (lecture-only)

3/27 -- 2ND EXAM

3/01 -- Motor System -- coordinate transformations (lecture-only)

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3/04 -- Motor System -- striatum, cerebellum (Chap. 11)

3/06 -- Motor System -- pattern generators, motor cortex (Chap. 11)

3/08 -- Limbic System -- anatomy (Chap. 12,15)

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3/11 -- Limbic System -- egocentric place, direction (lecture-only)

3/13 -- Human Brain Imaging -- structural/functional MRI (lecture-only)

3/15 -- Human Brain Imaging -- EEG/MEG (Chap. 19)

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3/21 -- FINAL EXAM (Thurs) 11:30-2:30 PM