Instructor:
Patricia Reuter-Lorenz (parl@umich.edu)
4428D East Hall Phone : 764-6577
office hrs.: Thurs. 1-2:30 & by appointment
Graduate Student Instructors:
| David Fencsik (fencsik@umich.edu) | Joseph Mikels (jmikels@umich.edu) | |
| 4428A East Hall Phone: 764-6399 or 763-3728 4422 | 4422 East Hall Phone: 647-3704 | |
| office hrs.: | Thurs 1-2:30 and by appointment | Thurs. 12:30-2:00 and by appointment |
| Sections: | 003 and 005 | 002 and 004 |
Requirements and Grading:
Classes will include one 2-hour lecture and one 2-hour discussion period per week.
Exams: 72% of your final grade will be based on two quizzes and two exams (see page 2). The quizzes will be taken in class and will be worth 12% each. They will cover only the material from the preceding quarter of the course, and will use a multiple choice and short-answer format. The midterm and final exam will each contribute 24% of your grade and will cover the material from the preceding half of the course. Exams will include multiple-choice, short-answer questions and short essays. The exams/quizzes will cover material from lectures, discussion sections and the assigned readings.
Discussion Section: Participation in discussion sections and performance on discussion section assignments contributes 28% of your final grade. This portion of your grade will be evaluated as follows: 10% attendance and participation in discussion; 6% Neuroanatomy Lab; 6% Reaction Paper, 6% In-class Exercises. The Reaction paper will be an unannounced in-class short writing assignment designed to test your understanding of the reading assignment for that week and its relation to other material covered in the course. The In-class Exercises will be written question and answer format and will entail web exploration and integration of assigned reading and video materials.
Missed Exams: Make-up exams will not be given. Only under extraordinary circumstances will special arrangements be made if you miss an exam for a well-documented reason.
Feedback: During the term, you may have some comment to make about how the course is being conducted. Always feel free to talk to me or the GSIs about this. You may wish, instead to submit your comment anonymously. We urge you to use either route. Don't wait till the end of the semester if you want your comment to have an immediate impact.
The main textbook is Cognitive Neuroscience: The Biology of the Mind by M.S, Gazzaniga, R.B. Ivry, G.R. Mangun (Norton, 1998). Fractured Minds by Jenni A. Ogden (Oxford, 1996) will be the primary source of readings for the discussion sections. Both books are available at local bookstores. A required reading (see Discussion section week 10) is available for EXCEL, 1117 S. University. Please visit the course website regularly for information and updates pertaining to the course.
Recommended (but not required) general readings in neuropsychology:
Banich, M.T. (1997). Neuropsychology, The Neural Bases of Mental Function. Houghton Mifflin.
Bradshaw, J. L. & Mattingley, J.B. (1995). Clinical Neuropsychology. San Diego: Academic Press..
Lezak, M. (1995). Neuropsychological Assessment (3rd edition). NY: Oxford, 1995.
Sacks, O. (1985). The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat NY: Summit.
Sacks, O. (1995). An Anthropologist on Mars. NY: Vintage Books.
Springer, S. & Deutsch, G. (1997). Left Brain, Right Brain (Fifth Edition). NY: Freeman.