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2017 Volume 15: Issue 2
2017 Volume 15: Issue 2
Editorials
FROM OUR CHIEF EDITOR: Teach Local, Think Global: Best Practices in Neuroscience Education Without Big Budgets
By Johnson BR, Editor-in-Chief
OPINION: 25 Years of FUN!
By Ramirez JJ
OPINION: A Guide for Undergraduates to the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting
By José-Edwards DS, Johnson NX, Jimenez J, Courtney Y, Khoussine JO, & Herzog ED
OPINION: The Benefits of a Real-Time Web-Based Response System for Enhancing Engaged Learning in Classrooms and Public Science Events
By Sarvary MA & Gifford KM
Articles
Neurogaming Technology Meets Neuroscience Education: A Cost-Effective, Scalable, and Highly Portable Undergraduate Teaching Laboratory for Neuroscience
By de Wit B, Badcock NA, Grootswagers T, Hardwick K, Teichmann L, Wehrman J, Williams M, & Kaplan DM
Supplementary Material
A Protocol Demonstrating 60 Different Drosophila Behaviors in One Assay
By McKellar CE & Wyttenbach RA
Supplement 1, Handout Supplement 2, Phenotypes Fly Behavior Video List
An Algebra-Based Introductory Computational Neuroscience Course with Lab
By Fink CG
Recognition Without Words: Using Taste to Explore Survival Processing
By Hallock HL, Garman HD, Cook SP, & Gallagher SP
Don’t Believe the Gripe! Increasing Course Structure in a Large Non-majors Neuroscience Course
By Nagel A & Nicholas A
Redesigning a Neuroscience Laboratory Course for Multiple Sections: An Action Research Project to Engage Students
By Tu H-W & Jones BD
Supplementary Material
A Rat Model of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: A Series of Undergraduate Laboratory Exercises for Biopsychology Courses
By Kehrberg AMH, Parrish JN, & Eby SA
The Use of Modular, Electronic Neuron Simulators for Neural Circuit Construction Produces Learning Gains in an Undergraduate Anatomy and Physiology Course
By Petto A, Fredin Z, & Burdo J
Supplementary Material
A Critical Thinking Activity on Drug Tolerance for Undergraduate Neuroscience Courses
By Cammack KM
Supplementary Material
Grasshopper DCMD: An Undergraduate Electrophysiology Lab for Investigating Single-Unit Responses to Behaviorally-Relevant Stimuli
By Nguyen DMT, Roper M, Mircic S, Olberg RM, Gage GJ
Case Studies
Media Reviews
REVIEW — Making Primary Literature Come Alive in the Classroom
By Hartman AK, Borchardt JN, & Harris Bozer AL
REVIEW — The Missing Manuscript of Dr. Jose Delgado´s Radio Controlled Bulls
By Marzullo TC
Supplementary Material
2016 Volume 15: Issue 1
2016 Volume 15 : Issue 1
Editorials
EDITORIAL — A New Feature in JUNE: Sharing the Amazing Papers of Neuroscience
By IA Harrington, AL Cecala, & BR Johnson
OPINION — Student Assisted Course Design
By E Birgbauer
EDITORIAL — Candles in the Dark
By BR Johnson, Editor-in-Chief
Articles
Undergraduate Neuroscience Education in the U.S.: Quantitative Comparisons of Programs and Graduates in the Broader Context of Undergraduate Life Sciences Education
By RL Ramos, AW Esposito, S O’Malley, PT Smith, & W Grisham Supplementary Material
A Model for Teaching Advanced Neuroscience Methods: A Student-Run Seminar to Increase Practical Understanding and Confidence
By TM Harrison, CRK Ching, & AM Andrews
Simulated in vivo Electrophysiology Experiments Provide Previously Inaccessible Insights into Visual Physiology
By M Quiroga & NSC Price
The Influence of Assay Design, Blinding, and Gymnema sylvestre on Sucrose Detection by Humans
By MG Aleman, LJ Marconi, NH Nguyen, JM Park, MM Patino, Y Wang, CS Watkins, & C Shelley Supplementary Material
An Undergraduate Laboratory Exercise that Demonstrates the Difference Between Peripherally and Centrally Mediated Measures
By S Lowe, A Tommerdahl, R Lensch, E Francisco, J Holden, & M Tommerdahl
Are Electrode Caps Worth the Investment? An Evaluation of EEG Methods in Undergraduate Neuroscience Laboratory Courses and Research
By SM Shields, CE Morse, ED Applebaugh, TL Muntz, & DF Nichols Supplementary Material
Use of Structural Assessment of Knowledge for Outcomes Assessment in the Neuroscience Classroom
By JL Stevenson, S Shah, & JP Bish Supplementary Material
An Inquiry-Based Approach to Study the Synapse: Student-Driven Experiments Using C. elegans
By ML Lemons
The Miracle Fruit: An Undergraduate Laboratory Exercise in Taste Sensation and Perception
By O Lipatova & MM Campolattaro Supplementary Material
The Establishment of an On-Campus Neurotraining Center at a Small University: Internship Experience Using Neuropsychological Techniques
By EJ Schicatano & R Bohlander
Using a Pop-Science Book to Teach Introductory Neuroscience: Advantages for Science Majors and Non-Science Majors Alike
By LE Been, PG Mermelstein & RL Meisel Supplementary Material #1 Supplementary Material #2
From Botox to Behavior: Neuroscience for Non-scientists at Emory
By LA Roesch & K Frenzel
Word Origins of Common Neuroscience Terms for Use in an Undergraduate Classroom
By RM Hallock, EC Brand, & TB Mihalic Supplementary Material
Using Rubrics as a Scientific Writing Instructional Method in Early Stage Undergraduate Neuroscience Study
By EBD Clabough & SW Clabough Supplementary Material
“Social” Neuroscience: Leveraging Social Media to Increase Student Engagement and Public Understanding of Neuroscience
By A Valentine & J Kurczek
Case Studies
Media Reviews
BOOK REVIEW — A Matter of Wonder: What Biology Reveals About Us, Our World, and Our Dreams
By Gottfried Schatz
Reviewed by JW Kalat
BOOK REVIEW — Learning and Behavior: A Contemporary Synthesis (2nd Edition)
By Mark E. Bouton
Reviewed by JE Meyers-Manor
AMAZING PAPERS IN NEUROSCIENCE — Psychosocial Stress, Health, and the Hippocampus
By S Kennedy
AMAZING PAPERS IN NEUROSCIENCE — Both Genetic and Environmental Changes can Enhance Learning and Memory
By JM Flinn
AMAZING PAPERS IN NEUROSCIENCE — Cockroaches Now Evading Death by Getting Bitter About Sweeteners
By AJ Bies
AMAZING PAPERS IN NEUROSCIENCE — Cognitive Neuroscience and Single-Word Processing
By JJ Sable
BOOK REVIEW — Psychophysics: A Practical Introduction (2nd Edition)
By Frederick A.A. Kingdom & Nicolaas Prins
Reviewed by AL Cecala
BOOK REVIEW — Principles of Neurobiology
By Liqun Luo
Reviewed by RR Hoy