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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


2016 Volume 15: Issue 1

2016 Volume 15 : Issue 1

Editorials


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


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