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2014 Volume 13 Issue 1
2014 Volume 13 : Issue 1
Editorials
The Reviews Are In: Resources For Undergraduate Neuroscience Education
by EP Wiertelak, Editor-in-Chief
Articles
Developing a New Experimental System for an Undergraduate Laboratory Exercise to Teach Theories of Visuomotor Learning
by S Kasuga & J Ushiba
K-12 Neuroscience Education Outreach Program: Interactive Activities for Educating Students about Neuroscience
by AL Deal et al.
Students Apply Research Methods to Consumer Decisions About Cognitive Enhancing Drinks
by CB Walters et al.
“Thinking like a Neuroscientist”: Using Scaffolded Grant Proposals to Foster Scientific Thinking in a Freshman Neuroscience Course
by H Köver, SE Wirt, MT Owens, & AJ Dosmann
A Proposal for Undergraduate Students’ Inclusion in Brain Awareness Week: Promoting Interest in Curricular Neuroscience Components
by A Martins & PB Mello-Carpes
Engaging Undergraduate Summer Research Students and Faculty in a Regional Neuroscience Network
by JR Yates & AJ Stavnezer
Recording Field Potentials From Zebrafish Larvae During Escape Responses
by BD Monesson-Olson et al.
Media Reviews
Textbook Review
Guide to Research Techniques in Neuroscience
by Matt Carter and Jennifer Shieh
reviewed by JC Strickland
Book Review
MATLAB for Neuroscientists: An Introduction to Scientific Computing in MATLAB (second edition)
by Pascal Wallisch et al.
reviewed by W Grisham
Book Review
Neuroscience: A Historical Introduction
by Mitchell Glickstein
reviewed by AL Cecala
Book Review
Portraits of the Mind: Visualizing the Brain from Antiquity to the 21st Century
by Carl Schoonover
reviewed by B Lom
Book Review
Joy, Guilt, Anger, Love
By Giovanni Frazzetto
reviewed by JW Kalat
Book Review
Identification of Neural Markers Accompanying Memory
Edited by Alfredo Meneses
reviewed by P Krishnan
2014 Volume 12 Issue 2
2014 Volume 12 : Issue 2
Editorials
Expanding, Enriching and Sustaining Undergraduate Neuroscience Education
by EP Wiertelak, Editor-in-Chief
Articles
The Student as Teacher: Reflections on Collaborative Learning in a Senior Seminar
by J Kurczek & J Johnson
A Mind of Their Own: Using Inquiry-based Teaching to Build Critical Thinking Skills and Intellectual Engagement in an Undergraduate Neuroanatomy Course
by RR Greenwald & IJ Quitadamo
Behavioral Observation of Xenopus Tadpole Swimming for Neuroscience Labs
by W-C Li, M Wagner & NJ Porter
Positron Emission Tomography (PET) and Graphical Kinetic Data Analysis of the Dopamine Neurotransmitter System: An Exercise for an Undergraduate Laboratory Course
by MM Mirrione et al.
NeuroLab: A Set of Graphical Computer Simulations to Support Neuroscience Instruction at the High School and Undergraduate Level
by LF Schettino
Supplementary Material
Complementing Neurophysiology Education for Developing Countries via Cost-Effective Virtual Labs: Case Studies and Classroom Scenarios
by S Diwakar et al.
Classroom Demonstration of the Visual Effects of Eye Diseases
by A-M Raphail et al.
Attitudes Toward Animal Research: Revisiting Gallup and Beckstead (1988)
by MM Metzger
Controversies in Neuroscience: A Literature-Based Course for First year Undergraduates that Improves Scientific Confidence While Teaching Concepts
by AM Willard & DJ Brasier
Supplementary Material #1 • Supplementary Material #2 • Supplementary Material #3 • Supplementary Material #4
Media Reviews
Book Review
Permanent Present Tense: The Unforgettable Life of the Amnesic Patient, H.M.
by Suzanne Corkin
reviewed by K Monuszko
Book Review
Consciousness and the Brain: Deciphering How the Brain Codes our Thoughts
by Stanislas Dehaene
reviewed by JW Kalat
2013 Volume 12 Issue 1
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
2013 Volume 11 Issue 2
2013 Volume 11 : Issue 2
Editorials
Articles
An Undergraduate Laboratory Exercise to Study Sensory Inhibition
by RH Nguyen, B Kirsch, R Yu, S Shim, P Mangum, JK Holden, EM Francisco & M Tommerdahl
Da Vinci Coding? Using Renaissance Artists’ Depictions of the Brain to Engage Student Interest in Neuroanatomy
by TD Watson
Using Chick Forebrain Neurons to Model Neurodegeneration and Protection in an Undergraduate Neuroscience Laboratory Course
by JR Burdo
Supplementary Material #1 • Supplementary Material #2
Media Reviews
Book Review: Creating Modern Neuroscience: The Revolutionary 1950s
reviewed by AL Cecala
Book Review: Brain Architecture: Understanding the Basic Plan (2nd ed.)
reviewed by DA Weldon and BR Johnson
2012 Volume 11 Issue 1
2012 Volume 11 Issue : 1 and Special Section: FUN Workshop Papers
Editorials
Introduction to Volume 11, Issue 1 and Proceedings of the Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience Workshops at Pomona College, Claremont, CA, July 28 to July 31, 2011
by BR Johnson, EP Wiertelak, JJ Ramirez, & K Parfitt
Articles
Wikipedia Neuroscience Stub Editing in an Introductory Undergraduate Neuroscience Course
by JR Burdo
Elevating Student Potential: Creating Digital Video to Teach Neurotransmission
by MK Jarvinen & LZ Jarvinen
Developing at Team-taught Capstone Course in Neuroscience
by S Kennedy & F Hassebrock
An Undergraduate taught Course on Consciousness and Mind
by SI Kronemer & Jennifer Yates
Special Section: 2011 FUN Workshop Papers
Articles
Vision and Change in Undergraduate Biology Education: A Call to Action
Presentation to Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience, July 2011
by MLS Ledbetter
Identifying and Using ‘Core Competencies’ to Help Design and Assess Undergraduate Neuroscience Curricula
by M Kerchner, JC Hardwick & JE Thornton
Supplementary Material
Working with your Administration to Garner Support for Neuroscience Programs
by CG Reiness
External Reviews, Internal Influences: Consultations and the Undergraduate Neuroscience Curriculum
by EP Wiertelak
Cultivating Diversity and Competency in STEM: Challenges and Remedies for Removing Virtual Barriers to Constructing Diverse Higher Education Communities of Success
by JA Whittaker & BL Montgomery
OPINION: Diversity in Neuroscience. We Know the Problem. Are We Really Still Debating the Solutions?
by NY Weekes
The Intentional Mentor: Effective Mentorship of Undergraduate Science Students
by JJ Ramirez
Creating Cross-disciplinary Courses
by ER Reynolds
Accelerated Integrated Science Sequence: An Interdisciplinary Introductory Course for Science Majors
by NH Copp, K Black & S Gould
Collaborative Online Writing Assignments to Foster Active Learning
by RF Olivo
Service Learning in Neuroscience Courses
by KS Mead & S Kennedy
The Value of Partnerships in Science Education: A Win-Win Situation
by S de Lacalla & A Petruso
Neuroscience Study Abroad: Developing a Short-Term Summer Course
by MG Ruscio & C Korey
Shared Innovations in Education: Writing and Reviewing for the Undergraduate Neuroscience Community
by EP Wiertelak & GL Dunbar
Planning and Designing Spaces for the Sciences
by DA Weldon
Teaching Neuroinformatics with an Emphasis on Quantitative Locus Analysis
by W Grisham, CA Korey, NA Schottler, LB McCauley & J Beatty
Exploring Sensory Neuroscience Through Experience and Experiment
by RA Wyttenbach
A Structured-Inquiry Approach to Teaching Neurophysiology Using Computer Simulation
by KM Crisp
The Fundamentals of Flying: Simple and Inexpensive Strategies for Employing Drosophila Genetics in Neuroscience Teaching Laboratories
by SR Pulver & J Berni
Electroretinograms in Drosophila: A Robust and Genetically Accessible Electrophysiological System for the Undergraduate Laboratory
by I Vilinsky & KG Johnson
Classic Clinical Technique Adapted to Demonstrate Autonomic Nervous System Physiology in an Undergraduate Laboratory Course
by W Colgan III
The Homemade Alternative: Teaching Human Neurophysiology with Instrumentation Made (Almost) from Scratch
by S Hauptman, K Du Bois & BR Johnson
2012 Volume 10 Issue 2
2012 Volume 10 : Issue 2
Editorials
The State of JUNE
by W Grisham
Letter to the Editor
Quenchable Neuroscience: Why JUNE Needs to Focus on Getting Indexed in PubMed
by S Pulver
Articles
Assessing Development of an Interdisciplinary Perspective in an Undergraduate Neuroscience Course
by KM Crisp & GM Muir
Drugs, the Brain, and Behavior: A Graduate Student-run Comprehensive Course in Neuroscience
by LE Ullrich et al.
Supplementary Material 1 • Supplementary Material 2 • Supplementary Material 3
Using In Vivo Voltammetry to Demonstrate Drug Action: A Student Laboratory Experience in Neurochemistry
by BP Bergstrom
Bio-amplifier with Driven Shield Inputs to Reduce Electrical Noise and its Application to Laboratory Teaching of Electrophysiology
by Y Matsuzaka et al.
Using Equivalence-Based Instruction to Increase Efficiency in Teaching Neuroanatomy
by CL Pytte & DM Fienup
An Undergraduate Laboratory Exercise Examining the Psychomotor Stimulant Effects of Caffeine in Laboratory Rats
by K Pham & RD Romeo
2011 Volume 10 Issue 1
2011 Volume 10 : Issue 1
Editorials
Articles
Strategies For Fostering Synergy between Neuroscience Programs and Chemistry Departments
By DJ Ulness & JR Mach
A Mechanism for Multidisciplinary Dialogue: The Memory & … Series
By KS Multhaup et al.
The Use of “Non-Fiction Novels” in a Sensation and Perception Course
By KL Gunther
Human Brains Engaged in Rat Brains: Student-driven Neuroanatomy Research in an Introductory Biology Lab Course
By SM Gardner et al.
Decreasing Neuroscience Anxiety in an Introductory Neuroscience Course: An Analysis Using Data from a Modified Science Anxiety Scale
By M Birkett & K Shelton
Integrating Community Outreach into the Undergraduate Neuroscience Classroom
By C Stevens
Supplementary Material, Examples 1-3
“Writing in Neuroscience”: A Course Designed for Neuroscience Undergraduate Students
By J Adams
Use of Personal EEG Monitors in a Behavioral Neuroscience Course to Investigate Natural Setting Sleep Patterns and the Factors Affecting Them in College Students
By JC Marshall et al.
A Conceptual Framework for Interdisciplinary Curriculum Design: A Case Study in Neuroscience
By M Modo & I Kinchin
Design Plans for an Inexpensive Tail Flick Analgesia Meter
By A Otto et al.
Supplementary Material
A Modified Golgi-Cox Procedure for use in Undergraduate Courses
By KA Wright et al.
2011 Volume 9 Issue 2
2011 Volume 9 : Issue 2
Editorials
Articles
Volunteerism is Key to Offering Successful Neuroscience Outreach with Limited Resources
By AR Pearce and M Srivatsan
Undergraduate Neuroscience Education in the U.S.: An Analysis using Data from the National Center for Education Statistics
By RL Ramos, GJ Fokas, A Bhambri, PT Smith, BH Hallas & JC Brumberg
Table 1: Award Levels • Table 2: Programs • Table 3: Historical Graduates
An Undergraduate Laboratory Exercise to Study Weber’s Law
By JK Holden, EM Francisco, Z Zhang, C Baric & M Tommerdahl
SYNAPSE, Symposium for Young Neuroscientists and Professors of the Southeast: A One-day, Regional Neuroscience Meeting Focusing on Undergraduate Research
By MW Hurd, B Lom & WL Silver
Incorporating Scientific Publishing into an Undergraduate Neuroscience Course: A Case Study Using IMPULSE
By LS Jones et al.
Music and the Mind: A New Interdisciplinary Course on the Science of Musical Experience
By JR Prichard & V Cornett-Murtada
2010 Volume 9 Issue 1
2010 Volume 9 : Issue 1
Editorials
Articles
Benefits of a Professional Training Year for Undergraduates on a Neuroscience Degree Scheme
By RM Santer
Using Neurogenetics and the Warmth-Gated Ion Channel TRPA1 to Study the Neural Basis of Behavior in Drosophila
By J Berni, AM Muldal & SR Pulver
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A Visually-Induced Eyelid Droop Illusion as a Classroom Demonstration of Cross-Modality
By U Wolfe
{Supplementary Material}
Teaching Basic Neurophysiology Using Intact Earthworms
By N Kladt, U Hanslik & HG Heinzel
Meeting the Challenge of Preparing Undergraduates for Careers in Cognitive Neuroscience
By KR Mickley-Steinmetz & RK Ataputtu
Dissection of the Hippocampus Proper and the Associated Structures in Preserved Horse Brains
By LA Cope
Exploring the Complexities of Experimental Design: Using an On-line Reaction Time Program
By AE Pollack
Design and Construction of a Two-Temperature Preference Behavioral Assay
By RL Daniels & DD McKemy
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Neural Networks: Making Connections about the Brain and about College
By Kristina S. Mead
{Supplementary Material #1} {Supplementary Material #2} {Supplementary Material #3}
2010 Volume 8 Issue 2
2010 Volume 8 : Issue 2
Interview
Articles
Laboratory Class Project: Using a Cichlid Fish display Tank to Teach Students about Complex Behavioral Systems
By Brian C. Nolan
Narratives and Neurons: Stories of Damaged Brains
By G. Andrew Mickley and Daniel A. Hoyt
Undergraduate Neuroscience Faculty: Results from a Survey of Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience Members
By Jean C. Hardwick and Jeffrey S. Smith
Supplemental material FUN Survey 2009
Exploration of Gerontogenes in the Nervous System: A Multi-Level Neurogenomics Laboratory Module for an Intermediate Neuroscience and Behavior Course
By Kathleen M. Raley-Susman and Janet M. Gray
Demonstrations of Neural Network Computations Involving Students
By Christopher J. May
Social Neuroscience at the College of Saint Rose: The Art of Team Teaching in Emerging Areas of Psychological Science
By Robert W. Flint, Jr. and Nancy Dorr