2013 Volume 12 : Issue 1
Editorials
Opinion: A Win for Science: The Benefits of Mentoring High School Students in the Lab
by CM Harley
Opinion: Science Communication to the General Public: Why We Need to Teach Undergraduate and Graduate Students this Skill as Part of Their Formal Scientific Training
by SE Brownell, JV Price and L Steinman
Editorial by EP Wiertelak, Editor-in-Chief: Training Tomorrow’s Neuroscientists Today
Articles
Three Colossal Neurons: A New Approach to an Old Classroom Demonstration
by SR Holloway
Engaging the Audience: Developing Presentation Skills in Science Students
by AE Stuart
MetaNeuron: A Free Neuron Simulation Program for Teaching Cellular Neurophysiology
by MH Newman and EA Newman
Can You Change a Student’s Mind in a Course about the Brain? Belief Change Following an Introductory Course in Biological Psychology
by IA Harrington
Pleasure and Pain: Teaching Neuroscientific Principles of Hedonism in a Large General Education Undergraduate Course
by RJ Bodnar et al.
The Use of Haiku to Convey Complex Concepts in Neuroscience
by AE Pollack and DL Korol
Basic Neuron Model Electrical Equivalent Circuit: An Undergraduate Laboratory Exercise
by KM Dabrowski et al.
Community-Based Experiential Learning for Second Year Neuroscience Undergraduates
by HJ Yu et al.
Supplementary Material #1 • Supplementary Material #2 • Supplementary Material #3
Studying Temporal Properties of Stimulus-Evoked Responses in the Ventral Nerve Cord of Insects
by MJ Ferragamo
Using Crickets to Introduce Neurophysiology to Early Undergraduate Students
by RK Dagda et al.
Engaging Undergraduates in a Unique Neuroscience Research Opportunity: A Collaborative Research Experience Between a Primarily Undergraduate Institution (PUI) and a Major Research Institution
by MA Kreitzer & RP Malchow
Media Reviews
Book Review
Beyond The Brain: How Body and Environment Shape Animal and Human Minds
by Louise Barrett
reviewed by AL Cecala