Introduction to Clinical Neuroscience
Thomas Byrne
Tue Jan 11, 10am-12:00pm, E25-111
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
This talk is an overview of the course which will be offered during spring semester. Taught by a neurologist, the seminar is designed to study how the human brain works in health and disease and emphasizes clinical cases. The anatomy & physiology that give rise to movement, sensation, vision, memory and emotion are reviewed. fMRI which shows brain activity when we see, move a finger, read, experience emotion or perform mental arithmetic will be discussed. Disorders such as dyslexia, amblyopia, emotional and memory disorders are studied. Critical periods in development are discussed. Readings will be chiefly from Neuroscience, by Purves et al and from journal articles.
Web: http://stellar.mit.edu/S/course/9/sp05/9.91
Contact: Thomas Byrne, NE20, tnbyrne@mit.edu
Sponsor: Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Latest update: 22-Nov-2004
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