Brain and Behavior (MAP) INFORMATION AND SYLLABUS
V55.0306
Fall 2010
Professor Suzuki
LECTURE DAYS AND TIMES: 11:00-12:15, Mondays and Wednesdays, Room 207 Silver
Center. Lectures are maditory.
REQUIRED TEXTS:
Biological Psychology
Breedlove, Rosenzweig and Watson
Sinauer, Assoc., 2010, Sixth Edition
MAP B&B Lab manual (available at Bookstore)
For helpful additional reading: How the Brain Works, M. Dubin, Blackwell Science, 2001.
EXAMS: There will be 4 exams (3 midterms and a cummulative final exam). Tests include
multiple choice, fill-in, short-answer, and essay format questions. Note the dates of the exams
on the Syllabus; there will be NO MAKE-UPS given. We will drop the lowest of the 4 exams;
if you miss one, that will be the one that is dropped. You may choose to intentionally not take an
exam (including the final), but you must inform us before hand.
HOMEWORK: There will be 3 homework assignments given in lecture during the semster.
These homework assignments are designed to give you exposure to how much Neuroscience
there is in your everyday life. There are no make-ups for the homework. If you do not do it, you
get a zero and if you are late (with no prior arrangement with the TA), there is an automatic 20%
taken off your score for that homework.
LABS: The purpose of the labs is to give students hands-on experience related to the class
material and provide a deeper understanding of the material than is typically gained from the
lectures alone. They also give students an opportunity to learn about how science works. You
MUST be registered for a lab section. Lab sections are 1 hour and 40 minutes each, and are
held in 201 Silver; participation and attendance in lab are mandatory. Some labs will involve the
use of animal tissue or living animals. Lab grades will be based on participation, quizzes, and
Lab Reports. The lowest lab report score will be dropped; if you miss one lab, that will be the
one that is dropped.
GRADING: Grades will be based on performance in all aspect of the class using the following
breakdown:
Exams 60%
Labs 30%
Homework 10%
Course information will be posted on BlackBoard.
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CONTACT INFORMATION:
Professor Suzuki (Center for Neural Science)
wendy@cns.nyu.edu
Teaching Assistants
Jeremy Freeman (Center for Neural Science)
Christopher Shooner (Center for Neural Science)
Helen Wong (Center for Neural Science)
freeman@cns.nyu.edu
shooner@nyu.edu
hw460@nyu.edu
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MAP: Brain and Behavior Syllabus
Fall 2010: Professor Suzuki
LECTURES, EXAMS & HOMEWORK
INTRODUCTION
Lecture 1: Introduction to Brain and Behavior
Reading: Chapter 1
No Lab this week
Week 1
Sept 8
W
Week 2
Sept 13
M
Sept 15
W
Week 3
Sept 20
M
Sept 22
W
Week 4
Sept 27
M
Lecture 6: Neuronal Communication: Drugs and the Brain
Reading: Chapter 4
Sept 29
W
Lecture 7: Hormones and the Brain
Reading: Chapter 5
LAB Session: Review for Exam 1
Week 5
Oct 4
M
Exam 1
Oct 6
W
Lecture 8: Evolution and Use of Animal Models.
Chapter 6
Lab 3: Build Your Own Brain
Week 6
Oct 11
M
Columbus Day Holiday
Lecture 2: Organization of the Brain and Nervous System
Reading: Chapter 2
CELLS AND SYNAPSES
Lecture 3: Neurons and Glia
Reading: Chapter 2
LAB 1: Scientific Method
Lecture 4: Neural Communication: Electrical Properties
Reading: Chapter 3 pages 57-67
HW #1: Media Report
Lecture 5: Neural Communication: Chem. Properties and Transmission
Reading: Chapter 3 pages 67-85
Lab 2: Sheep Brain Dissection
PERCEPTION AND ACTION
Lecture 9: General Principles of sensory systems: Touch and Pain
Chapter 8
Lab 4: Neuronal Visualization
Media Report Due in Lab
Oct 13
W
Week 7
Oct 18
M
Oct 20
W
Week 8
Oct 25
M
Lecture 12: Motor system
Reading: Chapter 11 pgs 318-338
Oct 27
W
Lecture 13: Diseases of the Motor and Supplementary Motor Systems
Lecture 10: Vision and Visual Perception
Reading: Chapter 10
HW #2: Movie Assignment Given
Lecture 11: Audition
Reading: Chapter 9
Lab 5: Electrical potential in neurons
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Reading: Chapter 11 - pgs 338 - 348 + .pdf Article by Judt
Lab 6: Somatic Sensation
Week 9
Nov 1
M
Nov 3
W
Week 10
Nov 8
M
Nov 10
W
Week 11
Nov 15
M
No Class
Nov 17
W
Lecture 17: Rhythms Sleep and Dreaming
Reading: Chapter 14
HW #4: Sleep Experiment Introduced in class
Lab 9: Action Potential in the Cockroach Leg
Week 12
Nov 22
M
Nov 24
W
Lecture 18: The Neurobiology of Emotion and Stress
Reading: Chapter 15
Assignment of Groups for sleep experiment
Lecture 19: Fear and Anxiety disorders
Reading: Chapter 16
Quiz given for Sleep experiment at beginning of class
No Lab this week
Week 13
Nov 29
M
Dec 1
W
Week 14
Dec 6
M
Dec 8
W
Week 15
Dec 13
M
Dec 15
W
FINAL EXAM
Exam 2
LEARNING, MEMORY, EMOTION AND SLEEP
Lecture 14: Learning and Memory: Basic distinctions
Readings: Chapter 17 pages 511- 529
Lab 7: Vision
Lecture 15: Learning and Memory: Neural mechansims
Reading: Chapter 17 page 529-547
Lecture 16: Modulating Memory: Exercise
Reading: .pdf articles
Lab 8: Response Time
Movie Assignment Due in Lab
LANGUAGE ,EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS AND LOVE
Lecture 20: Executive Functions of the Frontal lobe
Reading: Parts of Chapter 18
Exam 3
Class data from Sleep experiment handed out in class
Lab 10: Rat Open Field Behavior + Discuss Sleep Data
Lecture 21: Language and the Brain
Reading: Chapter 19 page 583-604
Lecture 22: Hemispheric Asymmetry
Reading: Chapter 19 pages 604-617
Lab 11: Review Session for Final Exam
Sleep Experiment Report Due in Lab
Lecture 23: Neurobiology of Love
Reading: .pdf articles
Lecture 24: Summary of Brain and Behavior
Monday December 20, 10:00 a.m. to 11:50 a.m.
** All Readings from Biological Psychology 6th Edition**
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