NEU C61 Resources

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Weekly readings, assignments, and tools. The current week opens automatically.

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Assignments & guides
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Week 1
Tue 8/25 No Class
Fri 8/28 Intro / History / What is Mind?
ReadingChapter 1
Week 2
Tue 9/1 Neuroanatomy, Cells
ReadingChapter 2 (all); Chapter 7 (pp. 194–200, pp. 222–231)
Fri 9/4 Ion Channels, Membrane Potential
ReadingChapter 3 (pp. 58–74)
ToolResting potential explorer →
Week 3
Tue 9/8 Action Potential
ReadingChapter 4 (pp. 84–94, pp. 103–109)
ToolAction potential explorer →
ToolMyelination explorer →
Fri 9/11 Synaptic Transmission
ReadingChapter 5 (pp. 114–121, pp. 124–135, pp. 138–141)
ToolSynaptic transmission explorer →
DuePre-course survey due 11:59pm
Week 4
Tue 9/15 Neurotransmitters
ReadingChapter 6
Fri 9/18 Drugs
ReadingChapter 15
ReflectionIn-class Reflection 1
Week 5
Tue 9/22 Development / Plasticity
ReadingChapter 23
Fri 9/25 Review Session or Guest Lecture
Week 6
Tue 9/29 MIDTERM 1
ExamMidterm 1 — in class
Fri 10/2 Probing the Brain
Readingp. 86 (electrodes); p. 90 (optogenetics); pp. 203–209 (new views of the brain); pp. 705–712 (EEG, EMG, ECoG); p. 840 (TMS); pp. 843–844 (DBS)
Week 7
Tue 10/6 Vision 1
ReadingChapter 9
ToolVisual receptive fields explorer →
Debate 1In discussion section — guidelines coming soon
Fri 10/9 Vision 2
ReadingChapter 10
Week 8
Tue 10/13 Olfaction
ReadingChapter 8
Fri 10/16 Taste
ReadingChapter 8
ReflectionIn-class Reflection 2
Week 9
Tue 10/20 Hearing
ReadingChapter 11
Fri 10/23 Somatosensation
ReadingChapter 12
Week 10
Tue 10/27 Review Session or Guest Lecture
Fri 10/30 MIDTERM 2
ExamMidterm 2 — in class
Week 11
Tue 11/3 Language
ReadingChapter 20
Fri 11/6 Memory Systems
ReadingChapter 24
Week 12
Tue 11/10 Cellular Mechanisms of Memory
ReadingChapter 25
Fri 11/13 Sleep
ReadingChapter 19
ReflectionIn-class Reflection 3
Week 13
Tue 11/17 Emotions
ReadingChapter 18
Debate 2In discussion section — guidelines coming soon
Fri 11/20 Motivated Behavior
ReadingChapter 16
Week 14
Tue 11/24 Social Behavior
ReadingTBD
Fri 11/27 No Class - Thanksgiving
Week 15
Tue 12/1 Mental Health
ReadingChapter 22
Fri 12/4 Consciousness + Intelligence
ReadingChapter 21
ReflectionIn-class Reflection 4
Final
Thu 12/17 FINAL EXAM
ExamFinal exam, 11:30am–2:30pm