Valeri Farmer-Dougan, Ph.D.

Associate Professor in the Departments of 

Psychology and Biological Sciences

Illinois State University

Magnetic Resonance Imaging - Tools in Neuroscience!

 

DATE LECTURE POWERPOINT
1/12 Syllabus Day!
1/14 History and Important Background
1/16 Methods and Tools
1/19 No class: MLK DAY
1/21 The neuron and synaptic transmission
1/23 Synaptic transmission
1/26 Neurotransmitters
1/28 Forebrain
1/30 Midbrain and hindbrain
2/2 PNS
2/4 Development of the nervous system
2/6 Test #1
2/9 Psychoactive Drugs
2/11 Psychoactive Drugs
2/13 Addiction
2/16 Motivation and thirst
2/18 Hunger
2/20 Eating disorders, etc.
2/23 Sexual Behavior and the Brain
2/25 Sexual Development
2/27 When Nature alters course
3/2 Emotions and Stress
3/4 Emotions, Pain and Aggression
3/6 Test #2
3/7-3/16 Spring Break- be nice to your brain!
3/16 The Ear and Audition
3/18 Theories of Audition and Hearing Loss
3/20 Language
3/23 The eye and basic vision
3/25 Visual fields and color vision
3/27 Form vision and visual processing
3/30 Body senses
4/1 Movement basal ganglia cerebellum
4/3 Movement and learning disorders
4/6 Memory and the brain
4/8 Learning and changes in brain
4/10 Dementia and learning disabilities
4/13 Test #3
4/15 Intelligence
4/17 Mental Retardation
4/20 Schizophrenia
4/22 Anxiety Disorders
4/24 Affective Disorders
4/27 Sleep
4/29 Consciousness
5/01 Final Summary and Catchup!
5/5 Final Exam 7:50-9:50 AM in Moulton 208