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HU Credits:
5
Degree/Cycle:
1st degree (Bachelor)
Responsible Department:
Life Sciences
Semester:
2nd Semester
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
E. Safra
Course/Module Coordinator:
Prof Yosef Yarom
Coordinator Office Hours:
By appointment
Teaching Staff:
Prof Yosef Yarom,
Prof Idan Segev,
Prof Yifat Prut,
Ms. Inbar Kotzer,
Ms. Mor Mrgolin
Course/Module description:
The course discusses the basic principles of the nervous system activity: cellular basis of nerve cells activity, Neuronal networks,Learning and sensing.
Course/Module aims:
Provide basic understanding of the nervous system activity
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
Critically read and evaluate scientific papers related to brain research
Attendance requirements(%):
None
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
Lecture and exercise
Course/Module Content:
Structure and function of the cerebellum; Reflexes and VOR, clasical conditioning
Introduction to computational neuroscience: simplified models of neurons. Concept neurons and the perceptron. Sustained activity in frontal cortex, recurrent networks, and Hopfield networks. Dopaminergic neurons and reinforcement learning.
Required Reading:
None
Additional Reading Material:
Textbook: Principles of Neuronal Science
Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 85 %
Presentation 0 %
Participation in Tutorials 0 %
Project work 0 %
Assignments 5 %
Reports 10 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %
Additional information:
None
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