KRIGOLSON TEACHING
  • NEUROSCIENCE
    • NEUROSCIENCE 100 >
      • NEURO 100 INTRODUCTION
      • NEURO 101 ADVANCED
      • NEURO 102 AGING
      • NEURO 103 MEMORY
      • NEURO 104 DECISION MAKING
      • NEURO 105 LEARNING
      • Research Statistics
    • NRSC 500B / MEDS 470
  • Kinesiology
    • EPHE 245 >
      • LABORATORY
      • PRACTICUM
    • EPHE 357
  • STATISTICS
    • LECTURE >
      • INTRODUCTION TO R
      • DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS
      • VISUALIZING DATA
      • Correlation and Regression
      • MULTIPLE REGRESSION
      • LOGIC OF NHST
      • T TESTS
      • ANOVA
      • POST HOC ANALYSIS
      • NON PARAMETRIC STATISTICS
      • FACTORIAL ANOVA
      • Repeated Measures ANOVA
      • Mixed ANOVA
      • MULTIVARIATE ANOVA
      • THE NEW STATISTICS
      • Bayesian Methods
    • ASSIGNMENTS >
      • Introduction to R >
        • INTRODUCTION TO R
        • LOADING DATA
        • DATA TABLES
      • Descriptive Statistics >
        • Mean, Median, and Mode
        • VARIANCE
        • CONFIDENCE INTERVALS
        • SHORTCUTS
      • Visualizing Data >
        • PLOTTING BASICS
        • BAR GRAPHS
        • BOXPLOTS
        • HISTOGRAMS
        • USING GGPLOT I
        • USING GGPLOT II
        • USING GGPLOT III
      • Correlation and Regression >
        • CORRELATION
        • REGRESSION
      • MULTIPLE REGRESSION >
        • MULTIPLE REGRESSION
      • Logic of NHST >
        • Sample Size and Variance
        • DISTRIBUTIONS
        • TESTING DISTRIBUTIONS
      • T-Tests >
        • Single Sample TTests
        • Paired Sample TTests
        • Independent Sample TTests
      • ANOVA >
        • ANOVA ASSUMPTIONS
        • ANOVA
      • POST HOC ANALYSIS >
        • POSTHOC ANALYSIS
      • NON PARAMETRIC STATISTICS >
        • WILCOXON TEST
        • WILCOXON SIGNED TEST
        • MULTIPLE GROUPS
      • FACTORIAL ANOVA
      • REPEATED MEASURES ANOVA >
        • RM ANOVA
        • TREND ANALYSIS
      • MIXED ANOVA
      • MULTIVARIATE ANOVA
      • THE NEW STATISTICS
      • BAYESIAN TTESTS
    • RESOURCES
    • R TIPS
  • Directed Studies
    • Advanced Topics in Motor Control A
    • Advanced Topics in Motor Control B
    • An Introduction to EEG
    • Advanced EEG and ERP Methods
    • Neural Correlates of Human Reward Processing
    • Independent Research Project
  • MATLAB
    • THE BASICS >
      • Hello World
      • BASIC MATHEMATICS
      • VARIABLES
      • Matrices
      • Writing Scripts
      • PATHS AND DIRECTORIES
      • USER INPUT
      • FOR LOOPS
      • WHILE LOOPS
      • IF STATEMENTS
      • RANDOM NUMBERS
    • STATISTICS >
      • LOADING DATA
      • DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS
      • MAKING FUNCTIONS
      • BAR GRAPHS
      • LINE GRAPHS
      • TTESTS
    • EXPERIMENTS: THE BASICS >
      • DRAWING A CIRCLE
      • DRAWING MULTIPLE OBJECTS
      • DRAWING TEXT
      • DRAWING AN IMAGE
      • PLAYING A TONE
      • KEYBOARD INPUT
      • BUILDING A TRIAL
      • BUILDING TRIALS
      • NESTED LOOPS
      • RIGHT OR WRONG
      • SAVING DATA
    • EXPERIMENTS: ADVANCED >
      • STROOP
      • N BACK
      • Oddball
      • Animation
      • VIDEO
    • EEG and ERP Analysis >
      • ERP Analysis
  • RESOURCES
    • EXCEL
    • HOW TO READ A RESEARCH PAPER
    • HOW TO WRITE A RESEARCH PAPER
  • Workshops
    • Iowa State EEG Workshop 2018
  • Python
    • The Basics >
      • Setting Up Python
      • Hello, world!
      • Basic Math & Using Import
      • Variables
      • Matrices
      • Scripts
      • User Input
      • For Loops

Course Readings and Materials

Interesting Stuff

Lecture One: Neurons
​Chapter 1: Kandel
Chapter 2: Kandel
​Video: Anatomy of a Neuron
​Video: How Neurons Work
Video: Action Potentials **NEW
​Video: Synaptic Transmission

Lecture Two: Reflexes
Chapter 35: Kandel
​Chapter: Spinal Reflexes
Video: Spinal Reflexes
Video: Spinal Reflexes
​Video: Tendon Tap Reflex
Website: Reflex Review

Lecture Three: Movement Planning
Reading: Generalized Motor Programs
Reading: Issues with Motor Programs
Review: Current Status of the Motor Program
Review: Motor Program Theory
Review: Motor Primitives (Konczak)

Lecture Four: Visual Processing
Text: Chapter 29
Paper: The Visual Brain
Review: Goodale and Milner 2008

Lecture Five: Motor and Sensory Neurons
Text: Chapter 22
​Slides
​Video: Spinal Cord Introduction
​Video: Descending Motor Pathways
​Video: Corticospinal Tract

Lecture Six: Postural Control
Text: Chapter 41
​Research Paper: Anticipatory Postural Control
Research Article: Fatigue and Postural Control
Research Article: Training and Postural Control
Text: Anatomy of the Vestibular System
Review Paper: Aging and Vestibular Control

Week Seven: Neural Basis of Motor Skills
Text: Chapter 33
Text: Chapter 38
​Research Article: Activity in Pre and Primary MC
Research Article: Organization of Primary Motor Cortex

Lecture Eight: Online Control
Text: Chapter 29
Research Article: Desmurget et al. 1999
Research Article: Sarlenga 2015
Research Article: PPC and Control Archambault 2009
Research Article: PPC, MS, and Online Control
Research Article: Online Control Issues in ASD
Review Paper: PPC and Online Control

Lecture Nine: Neural Coding
Text: Chapter 21 Sensory Coding
Text: Chapter 37 Voluntary Movement
Research Paper: Population Coding and Prosthetics

Lecture Ten: Central Pattern Generators

Text: Chapter 36 Locomotion
Lecture Slides
Video: Central Pattern Generators
Video: Central Pattern Generators
Research Article: Central Pattern Generators
Video: Cat Demonstration of CPG
Review Paper: Central Pattern Generators
Research Paper: Stroke and Gait

​Lecture Eleven: Inverse Models
Text: Chapter 42 - The Cerebellum
Article: Kawato 1999
Article: Wolpert 1999
Article: Lonini 2009

Lecture Twelve: Forward Models
Article: Desmurget 2000
Article: Wolpert 2000
Article: Kawato 1998

Review Paper: Forward and Inverse Models
​
Review Paper: Error Correction and Models

Movement Disorders: ALS
Chapter 14: Kandel
Video: ALS
Website: ALS Society of Canada
Website: NIH Information about ALS
Review Article: ALS
​Research Article: ALS
Research Paper: Impact of ALS on Movement Planning
Supplementary Lecture Videos
Lecture 7 supplement video lecture
TED Talk: Daniel Wolpert - The Real Purpose of Brains
​
TED Talk: Greg Gage - Arm Control
Website: The Schwartz Lab

Research Article: Neuroplasticity
TED Talk: Ted Kuiken - Prosthetic Arm that Feels
Research Article: Interoception
NY Times: Autism and TMS
YouTube: Teaching a Robot to Grasp
TED Talk: Your Brain on Video Games
TED Talk: Parkinson's, Depression, and How To Stop Both

​Nutrition And Your Brain
Article 1
Article 2
Article 3
  • NEUROSCIENCE
    • NEUROSCIENCE 100 >
      • NEURO 100 INTRODUCTION
      • NEURO 101 ADVANCED
      • NEURO 102 AGING
      • NEURO 103 MEMORY
      • NEURO 104 DECISION MAKING
      • NEURO 105 LEARNING
      • Research Statistics
    • NRSC 500B / MEDS 470
  • Kinesiology
    • EPHE 245 >
      • LABORATORY
      • PRACTICUM
    • EPHE 357
  • STATISTICS
    • LECTURE >
      • INTRODUCTION TO R
      • DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS
      • VISUALIZING DATA
      • Correlation and Regression
      • MULTIPLE REGRESSION
      • LOGIC OF NHST
      • T TESTS
      • ANOVA
      • POST HOC ANALYSIS
      • NON PARAMETRIC STATISTICS
      • FACTORIAL ANOVA
      • Repeated Measures ANOVA
      • Mixed ANOVA
      • MULTIVARIATE ANOVA
      • THE NEW STATISTICS
      • Bayesian Methods
    • ASSIGNMENTS >
      • Introduction to R >
        • INTRODUCTION TO R
        • LOADING DATA
        • DATA TABLES
      • Descriptive Statistics >
        • Mean, Median, and Mode
        • VARIANCE
        • CONFIDENCE INTERVALS
        • SHORTCUTS
      • Visualizing Data >
        • PLOTTING BASICS
        • BAR GRAPHS
        • BOXPLOTS
        • HISTOGRAMS
        • USING GGPLOT I
        • USING GGPLOT II
        • USING GGPLOT III
      • Correlation and Regression >
        • CORRELATION
        • REGRESSION
      • MULTIPLE REGRESSION >
        • MULTIPLE REGRESSION
      • Logic of NHST >
        • Sample Size and Variance
        • DISTRIBUTIONS
        • TESTING DISTRIBUTIONS
      • T-Tests >
        • Single Sample TTests
        • Paired Sample TTests
        • Independent Sample TTests
      • ANOVA >
        • ANOVA ASSUMPTIONS
        • ANOVA
      • POST HOC ANALYSIS >
        • POSTHOC ANALYSIS
      • NON PARAMETRIC STATISTICS >
        • WILCOXON TEST
        • WILCOXON SIGNED TEST
        • MULTIPLE GROUPS
      • FACTORIAL ANOVA
      • REPEATED MEASURES ANOVA >
        • RM ANOVA
        • TREND ANALYSIS
      • MIXED ANOVA
      • MULTIVARIATE ANOVA
      • THE NEW STATISTICS
      • BAYESIAN TTESTS
    • RESOURCES
    • R TIPS
  • Directed Studies
    • Advanced Topics in Motor Control A
    • Advanced Topics in Motor Control B
    • An Introduction to EEG
    • Advanced EEG and ERP Methods
    • Neural Correlates of Human Reward Processing
    • Independent Research Project
  • MATLAB
    • THE BASICS >
      • Hello World
      • BASIC MATHEMATICS
      • VARIABLES
      • Matrices
      • Writing Scripts
      • PATHS AND DIRECTORIES
      • USER INPUT
      • FOR LOOPS
      • WHILE LOOPS
      • IF STATEMENTS
      • RANDOM NUMBERS
    • STATISTICS >
      • LOADING DATA
      • DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS
      • MAKING FUNCTIONS
      • BAR GRAPHS
      • LINE GRAPHS
      • TTESTS
    • EXPERIMENTS: THE BASICS >
      • DRAWING A CIRCLE
      • DRAWING MULTIPLE OBJECTS
      • DRAWING TEXT
      • DRAWING AN IMAGE
      • PLAYING A TONE
      • KEYBOARD INPUT
      • BUILDING A TRIAL
      • BUILDING TRIALS
      • NESTED LOOPS
      • RIGHT OR WRONG
      • SAVING DATA
    • EXPERIMENTS: ADVANCED >
      • STROOP
      • N BACK
      • Oddball
      • Animation
      • VIDEO
    • EEG and ERP Analysis >
      • ERP Analysis
  • RESOURCES
    • EXCEL
    • HOW TO READ A RESEARCH PAPER
    • HOW TO WRITE A RESEARCH PAPER
  • Workshops
    • Iowa State EEG Workshop 2018
  • Python
    • The Basics >
      • Setting Up Python
      • Hello, world!
      • Basic Math & Using Import
      • Variables
      • Matrices
      • Scripts
      • User Input
      • For Loops