BNS2022

Behavioural neuroscience of movement and sensation

(SCI)

Offered subject to final approval

6 points + Second Semester + Clayton + Three 1-hour lectures and One 3-hour practical class or equivalent per week. Prerequisites: BMS1011, BMS1052 or equivalent by permission

Synopsis: Students will study systems responsible for gross and fine motor control and the roles in movement played by the basal ganglia, cerebellum and motor cortex. They will review the senses of taste, smell, vision, audition and sensation. Within each topic, students will study structure-function relationships, with emphasis on the roles that each system plays in regulating behaviour.

Assessment: Written theory examination (short answer and multiple choice questions, 3-hour): 50% + Tutorial assessment and short, weekly, written laboratory exercises: 25% + Group project and 30-minute computer-based presentation: 25%.