Right now complex patterns of photons of light are leaving this computer screen and hitting a thin piece of tissue at the back of your eye. Not only are you detecting those complex light patterns, but you are also interpreting their meaning. Based on that meaning, you will soon decide to move your hand to guide the computer cursor to click on the “enroll” button. How is all this possible? How does your body detect external stimuli, derive meaning from them, and let you make decisions and interact with the world? This course will begin to unravel this mystery. Here you will learn the fundamentals of the human nervous system and basics of how the nervous system resounds to external stimuli. You will learn everything needed to teach the sheep brain dissection and sensory and perception labs of the Great Diseases high school curriculum.
Pre-requisites: Basic fundamentals of animal biology (cell theory, evolution, genetics) recommended.