MIT: Independent Activities Period: IAP 2013

IAP 2013 Subjects: Brain and Cognitive Sciences


9.S911
Special Subject in Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Responsible Conduct in Science
Matthew Wilson
Mon Jan 28 thru Fri Feb 1, 02-05:00pm, 46-1015

Selection by departmental lottery. Do not pre-register on WebSIS.
Enter lottery by: 03-Jan-2013
No listeners
Prereq: Permission of instructor
Level: H 2 units Graded P/D/F Can be repeated for credit   

Advanced graduate study in brain and cognitive sciences; covers material not offered in regular curriculum. 9.S911 is graded P/D/F.
To provide instruction and dialogue on practical ethical issues relating to the responsible conduct of human and animal research in the brain and cognitive sciences. Specific emphasis will be placed on topics relevant to young researchers including data handling, animal and human subjects, misconduct, mentoring, intellectual property, and publication. Preliminary assigned readings, initial faculty lecture followed by discussion groups of four to five students each. A short written summary of the discussions will be submitted at the end of each class.
Contact: Matthew Wilson, 46-5233, x3-2046, mwilson@mit.edu

9.S916
Special Subject in Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Yingxi Lin
Fri Jan 18, Tue Jan 22, Wed Jan 23, Thu Jan 24, Fri Jan 25, 01-05:00pm, 46-1015, bring your lap top

Pre-register on WebSIS and attend first class.
Limited to 25 participants.
Listeners allowed, space permitting
Prereq: Permission of instructor
Level: H 1 units Standard A - F Grading Can be repeated for credit   

Advanced graduate study in brain and cognitive sciences; covers material not offered in regular curriculum. 9.S911 is graded P/D/F.
This course will be a matlab bootcamp with an emphasis in neuroscience. It will have 1 hour of lecture and the rest of the time will be programming/problem solving in the class.

You should bring a laptop to class and have matlab downloaded.

Undergraduates are welcome.

If you are planning to attend as a listener you MUST contact Prof. Lin by e-mail, yingxi@mit.edu.
Contact: Yingxi Lin, 46-3121A, x4-6552, yingxi@mit.edu

9.S93
Special Subject in Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Baby webcam: Adapting development research methods for online testing
Laura Schulz, Kim Scott
Mon, Wed, Fri, Jan 7, 9, 11, 14, 16, 18, 10-11:30am, 46-4062

Pre-register on WebSIS and attend first class.
Listeners allowed, space permitting
Prereq: some programming experience or psychological coursework reco
Level: U 3 units Graded P/D/F   

For undergraduate study in brain and cognitive sciences during Independent Activities Period; covers material not offered in regular curriculum. See IAP Guide for details.
Project based course, each student will transform a protocol for a development into an experiment families can take part in over the internet. Classes during the first week will introduce methods for developmental research from a practical standpoint, ie conditioning, look time, counterbalancing and communicating research to parents. The second week will introduce MIT's new online system "baby webcam" for recording responses rather then coming into the lab & provide a workshop intro to Javascript accessible to novice programmers.

Students will then be matched to individual projects & be responsible for the development of an online experiment. At the conclusion you will have access to a cutting-edge technique in developmental research as well as design and programming experience.
Contact: Kim Scott, 46-6227, (617) 577-5789, kimscott@mit.edu

9.S95
Special Subject in Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Peter Schiller
Mon-Fri, Jan 14-18, 22-23, 01-02:00pm, 46-4062

Pre-register on WebSIS and attend first class.
Listeners allowed, space permitting
Prereq: 
Level: U 2 units Graded P/D/F Can be repeated for credit   

For undergraduate study in brain and cognitive sciences during Independent Activities Period; covers material not offered in regular curriculum. See IAP Guide for details.
For undergraduates taking Course 9 IAP subjects for credit.

Research Topics in Neuroscience

A series of seven sessions consisting of six lectures followed by an exam will be offered. The lectures will be given by faculty members of the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences who carry out research in various fields of neuroscience. In each lecture a specific area of brain research will be examined, delineating the issues, methods and findings pertinent to the topic.

Parallel Information Processing Channels Created in the Retina
Brain Rhythms and Cognition
Neural Mechanisms of Complex Learned Sequential Behaviors: Lessons from Songbirds
Neural Synchrony and Selective Attention
How Does the Visual System Recognize Objects and Faces?
Cell-Specific Circuits in Visual Cortex

Students who are taking the course for credit must take a final exam on the last day of class.
Contact: Peter Schiller, 46-6041, x3-5754, phschill@mit.edu

9.S97
Special Subject in Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Introduction to Neuroanatomy
Rutledge Ellis-Behnke
Mon Jan 7 thru Fri Jan 11, 10am-12:00pm, 46-3002

Pre-register on WebSIS and attend first class.
Limited to 100 participants.
Listeners allowed, space permitting
Prereq: 
Level: U 2 units Graded P/D/F Can be repeated for credit   

For undergraduate study in brain and cognitive sciences during Independent Activities Period; covers material not offered in regular curriculum. See IAP Guide for details.
This subject will be an intensive introduction to neuroanatomy, involving lectures, demonstrations, and hands-on laboratories, including a brain dissection. This course will not assume any prior knowledge of neuroanatomy, though some general knowledge of brain structures will be helpful.
Contact: Rutledge Ellis-Behnke, 46-6021, x3-4556, rutledg@mit.edu