| source Johns Hopkins University (10) |
level Upper Level Undergraduate (X) |
department Neuroscience (X) |
Prereq: 050.101, 050.102, or 050.105 or permission of instructor. This course surveys current cognitive theories of our ability to comprehend (read) and produce (spell) written language. Additional topics include the neural substrates of written language and written language acquisition. Emphasis is placed on evidence from cognitive neuropsychology and cognitive psychology. This course typically includes a multi-week lab component during which individuals with acquired written language deficits (dyslexia/dysgraphia) are actively studied by students enrolled in the class; students are responsible for planning the testing sessions, preparation of testing materials, data scoring and analysis, etc. Cross-listed with Neuroscience
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Prereq: at least one course at the 300-level or higher in cognitive science, computer science, neuroscience, philosophy, or psychology. This course explores general issues and methodologies in cognitive science through the reading of classic works (from Plato and Kant through Skinner and Turing) and recent research articles to begin construction of a coherent picture of many seemingly divergent perspectives on the mind/brain. Recent brain-based computational models serve to focus discussion. Same as 050.626 Cross-listed with Neuroscience.
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Prereq: As.080.305 and AS.080.203 The course uses the functional organization of the somatosensory system as a means to examine mechanisms of neutral development. Generation and maturation of neurons, guidance of axons, formation of synapses and the regressive events that shape the adult nervous system will be examined. At the same time we will explore the structure and function of brain regions that allow us to feel pain and temperature, detect vibration, recognize shape and perceive where we are in space. Finally, the single-neuron events that lead to adaptive changes in function will be explored in the context of central nervous system control of movement and of higher order functions of speech and memory.
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Biochemistry (020.305) & Cell Biology (020.306) and AS.080.306 OR permission of instructor All cells inform neighbors of their own activities. That act of communication frequently requires the formation of cell junctions across which information can pass. One of the best studied of the means of communication between cells is the synapse between neurons. This course examines the synapse in depth. both as a means to look at the nature of neuronal comunication and as a model for communication across cells of all types. Lectures on the physiology, structure, biochemistry and cell biology of synapses will be used as an introduction to the function of synapses in learning and memory and the effect on synapses of drugs and disease. Cross-listed with Biology (CM)
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Prereqs: AS.080.304 OR AS.080.305 OR AS.080.306 OR AS.020.306 OR AS.020.305 AND Permission of Dr. Hattar (Biology Dept.) Leading scientists in sensory biology from the Johns Hopkins community will present the most current knowledge in the cellular and molecular biology of sensation. A lecture and a student presentation of an exemplar manuscript will be presented each week on a different topic of sensory systems. Meets with AS.020.322 (CM)
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Prereq: ( AS.080.305 AND AS.080.306 ) OR ( AS.080.205 AND AS.080.304 ) OR ( AS.080.205 AND AS.080.306 ) OR (020.312 and 020.306) or by permission - Course will investigate mechanisms associated with changes that occur within the nervous system. We will use journal articles to discuss current issues related to developmental, adaptive, and restorative neuroplasticity. (CM, ST)
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Prereq: 080.305 and 080.306 Neuroscience is approaching the time when it can offer a compelling explanation for how the brain works. This course takes advantage of work done in humans and non-human primates to survey concepts in sensory perception, motor command, and memory mechanisms. Lectures are given by faculty whose research explores these issues. Each subject is explored as a three-lecture sequence: 1) a background lecture that lays out the general principles and over-riding questions of the field; 2) an in-depth lecture that covers the most recent scientific literature; and 3) a summary lecture that brings together the major questions and their Resolution. Cross-listed with Psychological and Brain Sciences
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Neuroscience BA/MS Students only Perm. Reqâd - see Dr. Yoshioka.
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Neuroscience BA/MS students only Perm. Reqâd - see Dr. Yoshioka.
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Neuroscience BA/MS students only Perm. Reqâd - see Dr.Yoshioka.
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