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Textbook

Squire, L. R., and E. R. Kandel. Memory: From Mind to Molecules. New York, NY: Scientific American Library, 2000. ISBN: 0716760371.

Class Presentations

In each class, two assigned articles will be presented by students, followed by class discussion. Before each class each student is to prepare a synopsis of the two articles that will be presented by students. This exercise is intended to make you sufficiently familiar with the articles to permit an intelligent discussion after each presentation.

Grading

This course is taken by both undergraduate and graduate students, with slightly different grading policies for each.

For Undergraduate Students

* If you write the optional paper, each of the four items will represent 25% of your grade.

For Graduate Students