Neuroscience and Behavior
As taught in: Fall 2003
Evolutionary expansion of the vertebrate brain. (Image by Prof. Gerald Schneider.)
Instructors:
Prof. Gerald Schneider
MIT Course Number:
9.01
Level:
Undergraduate
Course Features
Course Description
This course covers the relation of structure and function at various levels of neuronal integration. Topics include functional neuroanatomy and neurophysiology, sensory and motor systems, centrally programmed behavior, sensory systems, sleep and dreaming, motivation and reward, emotional displays of various types, "higher functions" and the neocortex, and neural processes in learning and memory.
