These meetings do not carry course credit, but all graduate students are expected to attend. These seminars provide graduate students with a background in the methods, findings, and issues presently being explored. This seminar will discuss the organization of behavior as it is related to the integrative action of the nervous system, ranging in topics from single nerve cells to adaptive behavior as exhibited by the entire organism. An intensive analysis of the topics covered will be placed in the context of a broad perspective emphasizing the functional relevance of the systems under consideration.
Topical seminars are open to all graduate students with permission of the instructor.
Several seminars are offered each term, and in each case some specialized topic from the more general field is selected for study, depending on the interests of the students and the staff. The same seminar may be offered each year with different topics. 200.601 Information Processing Special topics in perception, memory, and thinking. 200.607 Complex Judgment Selected topics in multidimensional analysis of complex judgment. This seminar will study the brain mechanisms of vision as revealed by neurophysiology, functional brain imaging, and cognitive neuropsychology.