Pupillary light reflex leads to discussion of visceral reflexes, adaptive value of reflex, clinical uses for reflex studies. All are fun to do, hands on, and provoke a need to understand underlying neural organization. One person portrayed a neurological patient and was expected to display or at least describe the symptoms associated with a particular neurological disease or syndrome. The other partner was the neurologist and did or described the appropriate tests required for diagnosis. They then explained to the class what parts of the nervous system were involved and how these problems produced the symptoms.
Most tests involve observations of patient behaviors and reflex testing.
The students seemed to have a pretty good time once they got over their initial inhibitions about acting out their conditions in front of the class.