Biopsychology, Psych 238 (Semester I, 2003/2004)
Instructor:  Uta Wolfe       wolfeu@stolaf.edu        Holland 314             phone: 646-3138

Office Hours     M 10:45-11:45   W 11:30-12:30
 
 TA: Eleni Pinnow           pinnow@stolaf.edu


I.     Class Materials
II.    Supplementary Materials by chapter
III.   Articles of Interest
IV.   Neuroscience Links


 
 

I.    Class Materials:

         Syllabus             Chapter Outlines                 Paper Guidelines
 


II.   Links to Supplementary Materials
 
 
Chapter 1

    Mind-Brain Relationship, Consciousness etc.
        http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/bb/
        http://www.macalstr.edu/~psych/whathap/UBNRP/Split_Brain/Split_Brain_Consciousness.html

    Evolution
        http://mcb.harvard.edu/BioLinks/Evolution.html

    Animal Experiments
        http://www.nsplus.com/hottopics/animalexperiments/animalexperiments.jsp

    He-Brains/ She-Brains
        http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/heshe.html
 
 

 

 Chapter 2

    Neuron and Nervous System
        http://gened.emc.maricopa.edu/bio/bio181/BIOBK/BioBookNERV.html
        http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/what.html

   Blood Brain Barrier 
     http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/bbb.html

    Action Potential
     http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/ap.html
      http://www.blackwellscience.com/matthews/channel.html        (cool animations!)
      http://www.stcc.mass.edu/distance/AandP/AP/AP1pages/nervssys/unit11/saltator.htm
 
Chapter 3

   Events at the synapse
        http://www.blackwellscience.com/matthews/neurotrans.html  (transmitter action)
        http://www.blackwellscience.com/matthews/nmj.html    (vesicle fusion)

    Drug action at synapse
        http://www.wnet.org/closetohome/science/html/animations.html
 

 

 Chapter 4

  Neuroanatomy
       http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~Brainmd1/brain.html

  Pictures of real brains -- not for the feeble-hearted! (Click on images to magnify)
        http://rpiwww.mdacc.tmc.edu:80/se/anatomy/brain/
 
 
 

 
Chapter 5

   Neural development
        http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/dev.html

   Aging
       http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/aging.html

    Glutamate Excitotoxicity
       http://www.psychiatrist.com/pcc/brainstorm/br5806.htm
 

 Chapter 6

   The eye 
         http://members.aol.com/MonT714/tutorial/the_eye/ 

   Visual pathways
        http://ahsmail.uwaterloo.ca/kin356/ventral/anatomy.htm

  How the world lools to the color blind
       http://www.vischeck.com/showme.shtml

    Demos
       http://www-bcs.mit.edu/people/adelson/checkershadow_illusion.html
         http://psy.ucsd.edu/~sanstis/SASlides.html

 
Chapter 7
  Ear Anatomy 
        http://www.earaces.com/anatomy.htm

   Properties of Sound (at bottom you can add sine waves to create the sound of a clarinet)
         http://www.music.salford.ac.uk/music2/ceosaudio/project/applet/moreSnd.html

 Chapter 8
  Motor Control Links 
        http://cwabacon.pearsoned.com/bookbind/pubbooks/pinel_ab/chapter9/destinations1/deluxe-content.html#

  Movement disorder links
     http://www.parkinsonsinstitute.org/movement_disorders/
     http://www.neurologychannel.com/movementdisorders/

 
Chapter 9
  Sleep
     http://www.sleephomepages.org/htdocs/hotlinks.html
  Dreams 
       http://www.dreamgate.com/dream/library/idx_science.htm		 Chapter 10
  Nutrition
     http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health/nutrit/nutrit.htm

   Eating disorders
      http://mentalhelp.net/poc/center_index.php?id=46
Chapter 12
  Emotion 
     http://emotion.salk.edu/emotion.html

   Emotional Intelligence
     http://trochim.human.cornell.edu/gallery/young/emotion.htm

 Chapter 13
  Learning
       http://www.brembs.net/learning/

  LTP
        http://www.ultranet.com/~jkimball/BiologyPages/L/LTP.html

  Glutamate receptors
         http://www.bris.ac.uk/synaptic/info/glutamate.html
Chapter 15
  Schizophrenia
     http://www.schizophrenia.com/

  Brain Diseases and Disorders
     http://www.dana.org/brainweb/

  Medications
         http://www.mental-health-matters.com/medication/index.php

  Addiction
         http://www.wnet.org/closetohome/science/index.html

 Chapter 14 
Language Slides 1
Language Slides 2
Notes

III.    Articles of Interest

1.  Links to miscellaneous articles
     http://web.sfn.org/content/Publications/BrainBriefings/
      http://www.psychiatrist.com/pcc/brainstorm/indexa.htm
       Rewired Brains
      Infinite Sensation
 
 

2.  Articles by Topic
 Sleep
   Dream a little dream
     Learn in your sleep
     Lucid dreams
    Circadian Rhythm1
    Circadian Rhythm2		 Abnormal
    Schizophrenia and Spring
    Parkinson bug
     Electro ConvulsiveTherapy and Hormones
    Phantom limbs
Fear 
    Smelling fear
     Recognizing fear
    Stench warfare
     Panic attacks: http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99991185		 Handedness
     Left-footed soccer players
     Cradling a child with the left
Memory
   You must remember this...		 Smell
    Sniffing out a partner
   Pheromones
Visual system
    Overview of visual system
    Photoreceptors for circadian rhythm
    Blindsight
    What color is an elephant?
    VanGogh's colors
    Out of sight out of mind		 Audition and Language
    Tone-deafness
    Sign Language
    Word Storage
    Oops...I did it again
    Hearing Hands
Biopsychology of religious experience
   God in the brain		 Feeding Behavior
   Obesity Receptors
     Exercise Highs
     http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99991352