| NBID27 | Neurobiology, 6 ECTS credits. /Neurobiologi/ |
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Prel. scheduled
hours: 60 |
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Area of Education: Science Subject area: Biology |
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| Advancement level
(G1, G2, A): A
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| Aim: The student will increase her/his understanding of brain function in general and the role of hemispheric specialization in particular. The student will develop a proficiency in finding, evaluating and compiling primary and secondary research literature on a specific topic. The student will learn to design and conduct experiments on hemispheric specialization and to perform proper analysis of the data obtained. The student will improve her/his skills in summarizing and communicating the results of her/his own experimental results as well as of literature searches in both written and oral form. |
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| Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered) Understanding of the basic anatomy, organization, and function of the brain. A possible starting point would be the chapter â?oThe Central Nervous System" in Dee Unglaub Silverthorn Human Physiology. An integrated approach (4th ed.) Pearson, Benjamin Cummings, San Francisco, 2006 Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshhold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding. |
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| Organisation: The course is organized in consecutive blocks covering different topics related to the overall theme of hemispheric specialization. Each block includes a problem to be solved by the students, literature assignments, and laboratory exercises, that is, experiments to be performed and evaluated by the students. For each topic, some primary research articles and/or review papers will be provided as study material. The laboratory exercises require the writing of a lab report using quantitative methods. The literature assignments in small groups requires the presentation of an oral presentation to all other fellow students. The contents of the student presentations will be also evaluated in the course exam. Extra costs due to travelling and living must be paid by the student. |
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| Course contents: The course is centered around different aspects of hemispheric specialization as an approach to better understand brain function. Topics include:
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| Course literature: Recommended (but not compulsory) textbooks : Sally Springer & Georg Deutsch, Left Brain Right Brain, MacMillan, New York, 1998/2004 Lesley J. Rogers & Richard Andrew, Comparative vertebrate lateralization, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2002 Marian Annett, Handedness and brain asymmetry : the right shift theory, Psychology Press, Hove, 2002 |
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| Written examination Essay report and presentation Laboratory reports |
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2 ECTS 2 ECTS 2 ECTS |
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Course language is English. Department offering the course: IFM. Director of Studies: Agneta Johansson Examiner: Mathias Laska Link to the course homepage at the department Course Syllabus in Swedish |
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