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Dates
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Assignments/
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Web
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Aug
20
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Aug
22
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History of the Brain PBS "Secret Life of the Brain" |
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Aug
27
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The
Phineas Gage Story Video from PBS Scientific American Frontiers series. |
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Aug
29
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Seeing
Thoughts with fMRI Video from Healthscout.com |
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Sept 3
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Sept
5
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3-D animation/tour of the brain PBS "Secret Life of the Brain" |
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Sept
10
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Sept
12
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Sept
17
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The
Broken Brain (concussions) (Video clip from PBS "Exploring Your Brain" series select topic from menu) |
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Sept
19
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Sept
24
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Hear
a neuron fire! from PBS "Electric Brain" series |
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Sept
26
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Neurotransmitters
and depression (short animation) from Healthscout.com |
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Oct
1
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The
Placebo Effect The Wonder Pill Video clip from PBS Scientific American Frontiers (scroll down to Brainwaves lift the Blues) |
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Oct
3
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Animations
of how drugs work in the brain From PBS "Close to Home" series on addiction |
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Pct
8
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Oct
10
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Serotonin,
Norepinephrine, and Dopamine Pathways |
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Oct
15
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Ghrelin
and PYY A short video clip from ScienCentral.com |
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Oct 17 |
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The Link Between Sleep and Depression ABC News video clip |
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Why Do We Sleep? Sleep,
learning, and the adolescent brain ideo
clip from PBS Frontline series |
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Oct
22
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Seasonal
Affective Disorder |
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Oct 24
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CHAPTER 8 |
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Oct
29
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2nd
Reaction Paper Due Date Change in Schedule!!! |
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Oct
31
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Nov
5
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Nov
7
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Nov
12
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The
Forgetting: Alzheimer's Disease |
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Nov
14
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Nov
19
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Probe
the Brain (animation) |
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Nov 21
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Nov
26
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Nov
28
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Dec
3
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Male
and Female Brains Short video clip from ScienceCentral.com |
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Dec
5
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The
Baby's Brain Video clips from PBS series "Secret Life of the Brain"Wiring the Teenage Brain Video clip from PBS Frontline: "Inside the Teenage Brain" (Select from topic menu) |
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Dec
10
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Dyslexia and the Basics of Reading "try it yourself" simulations From PBS "Misunderstood Minds" series |
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Dec
12
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Math
Difficulties "try it yourself" simulations PBS "Misunderstood Minds" series |
 The Power of Half A girl born with only half a brain after suffering a stroke in utero, proves she's capable of much more than her doctors ever expected. From PBS Scientific American Frontiers series VIEW for the Final Exam - no paper due for this video! |
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Final Exam |
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