For Monday 11/2

Read/take notes on the first section of chapter 8 (classical conditioning)

week of 10/26 - 10/30

-Finish reading/notes on chapter 6 for Monday 10/26

-Plan your "senses tour of Arlington": for each sense (besides vision), describe a spot in town that would provide a unique or unusual sensory experience for a blindfolded subject/classmate. Due Tuesday 10/27

+5 extra credit points if you actually take someone on your tour (bring some kind of evidence that you did it)

-Sensation & perception test: Friday 10/30

due this week

Reading/notes through p. 248 by Friday 10-23 - finish for Monday 10-26

Bring in a shirt you've worn (but not run 5 miles in, please) for Thursday 10-22

upcoming assignments

-Have chapter 5 (sensation) read by Tuesday 10/20
-Touch box is also due Tuesday 10/20


Link to site with songs played backwards and supposed reverse "lyrics," if you're curious:
http://jeffmilner.com/backmasking.htm

chapter 5 reading

Begin reading chapter 5 (sensation) - you should be at least 10 pages in by Friday's class

review stuff - video clip and crossword answers

Link to video clip about the man who had a disorder in his hippocampus: http://www.learner.org/resources/series150.html (it's #10: "Life Without Memory: the Case of Clive Wearing"

Crossword answers:
Across
3. peripheral
6. temporal
7. motor
9. frontal
12. adrenal
14. medulla
15. cortex
16. synapse
17. EEG
19. lesion
20. MRI
21. occipital
22. amygdala
25. parietal

Down:
1. hypothalamus
2. corpus callosum
3. PET scan
4. action potential
5. acetylcholine
8. reflex
10. limbic system
11. endorphins
13. autonomic
17. endocrine
23. glial
24. axon

brain project and test

brain project is due Tuesday 10/13 (see below)
Test on chapter 2 is Wednesday 10/14

Neuropsychology Project
You will be creating a poster featuring...YOURSELF!You will provided with a large sheet of paper, and a brain (well, the outline of one.) You will have some time in class to have the outline of your head traced, by using the shadow from the overhead projector. This tracing will serve as a template for the model of the brain you will create.

Outline or draw each of the following sections. Label each area and include a visual to explain the function of the area. For example, the temporal area could include a picture or drawing of the ear. Each area will also need a brief, accurate description of its function. There's a lot that needs to fit on this poster, so plan accordingly. Be creative; the more interesting posters will decorate our classroom for many months.Your poster will be graded with the following in mind: picture connectedness and creativity, function descriptions, part location, overall creativity and visual presentation.

Required elements: thalamus, hypothalamus, hippocampus, amygdala, corpus callosum, pituitary gland, cerebellum, cerebral cortex, the four lobes of the brain, motor cortex, somatosensory cortex.

Out of 75 points. Due Wednesday, October 7. (The day before your Chapter 2 test)

silhouette with a view due Tues 10/13

-neurology project (silhouette with a view) is due Tuesday 10/13
It is your responsibility to come by sometime to trace your silhouette (or you may do it at home, if you're able)

-overview of due dates this week:
Monday: chapter 2 reading/notes
Tuesday: first post from Man Who Mistook... reading
Thursday: 2 reply posts from Man Who Mistook...
Tuesday: neurology project due
Wednesday: chapter 2 test

online discussion due dates

First post for The Man Who Mistook... due Tuesday 10/7
Replies are due by Thursday 10/9