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2015 Volume 14 Issue 1
2015 Volume 14 : Issue 1
Editorials
OPINION: When All the Giants Are Gone
By Ian A. Harrington
Ishi no ue ni mo san nen*: Warming to the Changing Face of Neuroscience and Neuroscience Education
By Eric P. Wiertelak, Editor-in-Chief
Articles
Psychoactive Substances Bill and Act of New Zealand: A Chance to Engage Undergraduate Scientists with Society using a Transfer Learning Paradigm
by Catherine M. Gliddon & Belinda Cridge
Snack Cake ‘Dissection’: A Flipped Classroom Exercise to Engage Undergraduates with Basic Neuroanatomy
by Todd D. Watson
Pencil-and-Paper Neural Networks: An Undergraduate Laboratory Exercise in Computational Neuroscience
by Kevin M. Crisp, Ellen N. Sutter, & Jacob A. Westerberg
Developing the Next Generation of Civic-Minded Neuroscience Scholars: Incorporating Service Learning and Advocacy Throughout a Neuroscience Program
by Cecilia M. Fox
Extracellular Recording of Light Responses from Optic Nerve Fibers and the Caudal Photoreceptor in the Crayfish
by Steven C. Nesbit, Alexander G. Van Hoof, Chi C. Le, & James R. Dearworth, Jr. Supplementary Material
Non-Fiction Memoirs in the Neuroscience Classroom: A Window into the Minds of Those Affected by Addiction
by Alexia E. Pollack
Using Tinbergen’s Four Questions as the Framework for a Neuroscience Capstone Course
by John Meitzen Supplementary Material
Undergraduate Biocuration: Developing Tomorrow’s Researchers While Mining Today’s Data
by Cassie S. Mitchell, Ashlyn Cates, Renaid B. Kim, & Sabrina K. Hollinger
The Cognitive Neuroscience of Sign Language: Engaging Undergraduate Students’ Critical Thinking Skills Using the Primary Literature
by Courtney Stevens
A Series of Computational Neuroscience Labs Increases Comfort with MATLAB
by David F. Nichols
Excitable Membranes and Action Potentials in Paramecia: An Analysis of the Electrophysiology of Ciliates
by Charles H. Schlaepfer & Ralf Wessel
Media Reviews
BOOK REVIEW:
Looking Inside the Brain: The Power of Neuroimaging
by Denis Le Bihan
reviewed by Barbara Lom
NEUROSCIENCE PAPER REVIEWS: (Peer-Selected)
An Instructor’s Guide to (Some of) the Most Amazing Papers in Neuroscience
reviewed by Ian A. Harrington, William Grisham, D. J. Brasier, Shawn P. Gallagher, Samantha S. Gizerian, Rupa G. Gordon, Megan H. Hagenauer, Monica L. Linden, Barbara Lom, Richard Olivo, Noah J. Sandstrom, Shara Stough, Ilya Vilinsky, & Michael C. Wiest
BOOK REVIEW
Consciousness: Confessions of a Romantic Reductionist
by Kristof Koch
reviewed by Ian A. Harrington
BOOK REVIEW
Tales from Both Sides of the Brain
by Michael S. Gazzaniga
reviewed by Ian A. Harrington
BOOK REVIEW
The Synapse: Structure and Function
edited by Virginia Pickel and Menahem Segal
reviewed by Neal R. Melvin
BOOK REVIEW
Waking, Dreaming, Being
by Evan Thompson
reviewed by James W. Kalat
2015 Volume 13 Issue 3
2015 Volume 13 : Issue 3
Editorials
Proceedings of the Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience Workshops at Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY, July 30 – Aug 3, 2014
By JC Hardwick, BR Johnson, JJ Ramirez & EP Wiertelak
The 2014 FUN Achievement Award
By BS Beltz et al.
Articles
VideoHacking: Automated Tracking and Quantification of Locomotor Behavior with Open Source Software and Off-the-Shelf Video Equipment
By EE Conklin et al.
ERIN: A Portal to Resources for Higher Education in Neuroscience
By RF Olivo et al.
Documenting Laboratory Procedures with Video
By RA Wyttenbach
Retention of Underrepresented Minority Faculty: Strategic Initiatives for Institutional Value Proposition Based on Perspectives from a Range of Academic Institutions
By Joseph A. Whittaker et al.
Intentional Excellence in the Baldwin Wallace University Neuroscience Program
By JK Morris et al.
Best Practices: The Neuroscience Program at Central Michigan University
By GL Dunbar
Career Transitions for Faculty Members Committed to Undergraduate Neuroscience Education
By GL Dunbar
Light Activated Escape Circuits: A Behavior and Neurophysiology Lab Module using Drosophila Optogenetics
By JS Titlow et al.
Gel Scramble: An E-Tool for Teaching Molecular Neuroscience
By W Grisham et al.
Supplementary Material
Neuroscience and Global Learning
By MG Ruscio et al.
How to Successfully Incorporate Undergraduate Researchers Into a Complex Research Program at a Large Institution
By RB Weldon & VF Reyna
Mission-Driven, Manageable and Meaningful Assessment of an Undergraduate Neuroscience Program
By GM Muir
In Situ Teaching: Fusing Labs & Lectures in Undergraduate Science Courses to Enhance Immersion in Scientific Research
By J Round and B Lom
In Vivo Time-Lapse Imaging in the Zebrafish Lateral Line: A Flexible, Open-Ended Research Project for an Undergraduate Neurobiology Laboratory Course
By MH Marra et al.
Using the Humanities to Teach Neuroscience to Non-majors
By HG McFarlane and J Richeimer
Supplementary Material
Electrophysiology Meets Ecology: Investigating How Vision is Tuned to the Life Style of an Animal using Electroretinography
By A Stowasser et al.
Supplementary Material
Student Friendly Technique to Demonstrate Coordination between Postural (Involuntary) and Voluntary Muscle Contractions
By W Colgan III
2015 Volume 13 Issue 2
2015 Volume 13 : Issue 2
Editorials
There are So Many I Want to Thank: Inviting the Neuroscience Classroom into Hollywood
by EP Wiertelak, Editor-in-Chief
Articles
Dark Adaptation and Purkinje Shift: A Laboratory Exercise in Perceptual Neuroscience
by U Wolfe & N Ali
Brain Literate: Making Neuroscience Accessible to a Wider Audience of Undergraduates
by D Salomon et al.
A Classic Improved: Minor Tweaks Yield Major Benefits in Crayfish Slow-Flexor Preparations
by C Weller et al.
Mad Dogs, Vampires, and Zombie Ants: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Teaching Neuroscience, Behavior, and Microbiology
by DJ Esteban & KS Holloway
Undergraduate Neuropharmacology: A Model for Delivering College-Level Neuroscience to High School Students in situ
by LE Martin-Morris et al.
Exercises in Anatomy, Connectivity, and Morphology using Neuromorpho.org and the Allen Brain Atlas
by P Chu et al.
Teaching Science Writing in an Introductory Lab Course
by SE Holstein et al.
Supplementary Material #1 • Supplementary Material #2 • Supplementary Material #3 • Supplementary Material #4
Active Learning in a Neuroethics Course Positively Impacts Moral Judgment Development in Undergraduates
by D Abu-Odeh et al.
Media Reviews
BOOK REVIEW
Neuroanatomy of Language Regions of the Human Brain
by Michael Petrides
reviewed by DY Harvey
WEBSITE REVIEW
Neuroscience for Kids: Online Resources that Promote Student Engagement, Teaching and Learning about the Brain
by Eric H. Chudler
reviewed by TK Karikari