BNS2022

Behavioural neuroscience of movement and sensation

(SCI)

Professor Dexter Irvine

6 points + Second Semester + Clayton + Two 1-hour lectures and one 2-hour practical class and one 2-hour discussion class or equivalents + Prerequisites: BMS1011, BMS1052 or equivalent by permission + Prohibition: PSY3102

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, balance, and somatosensation. 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, 2-hour): 50% + Tutorial assessment and short written laboratory exercises: 25% + Group project: 25%