During this unit you will consider how the properties of neurons influence human cognition.

The instructions for the paper can be found here

Relevant Reading

• Gazzaniza, Ivry, & Mangun, chapters 1, 2, & 3
• Cognitive neuropsychology as a science
• Blood flow and brain activity

Resources

• Basic Brain Structure
  
• Neurodule (for Macs only)
• Instructions for Neurodule
• BrainStack (for Macs only)
• Synapse (for Macs only)

Other resources you might find helpful

• Somatosensory cortex mapping with fMRI
  
• Neuroscience for Kids
• Neurosciences on the Internet
• The Whole Brain Atlas

http://www.med.harvard.edu/AANLIB/home.html
• Human Brain Project

http://hendrix.ei.dtu.dk
• Digital Anatomist Program  - Lots of great pictures of parts of the brain. Open this link and then click on the On-line Interactive Atlases link.

http://www1.biostr.washington.edu/DigitalAnatomist.html
• Brain Flythrough Movie (as seen in class)

http://www.ge.com/crd/ivl/brain.mpg
• Stanford Vision and Imaging Technology

http://white.stanford.edu
• The Basics of Brain Imaging

http://www.nida.nih.gov/NIDA_Notes/NNVol11N5/Basics.html
• Descriptions of fMRI

http://www.bih.harvard.edu/radiology/Modalities/MRI/MR.html
• fMRI

http://www.fonar.com
• Modeling the Human Brain

http://www.omnimag.com/live_science/3.html
http://www.multimedialibrary.com/Articles/Jack/connect.html