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9.011  Systems Neuroscience

Fall 2015

Instructors: Earl K Miller, Matthew A Wilson, Chris Brown, Peter H Schiller, Emery N. Brown, Gloria Choi, Robert Desimone, Michale S Fee, Sonal Jhaveri, Carmen Varela, Alik Widge

TA: Margaret Grace McCue

Lecture:  MWF2-4  (46-6309)        

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Lecture: MWF2-4 (46-6309)
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Format
The class runs from 2-4 PM MWF, with some exceptions noted on the calendar.

The first 1.5 hours of class will be a lecture, while the last 15-30 minutes will consist of a student-led discussion of the research article.

Every student will be required to present a research article (of the instructor's choice) to the class.

Paper summaries: If you are not presenting the research article that day, every student will submit a 2-3 page summary of the paper. This summary is due before the class begins that day.

Email your summary to TA Meg *before* the start of class.

Grading
45% -- Midterm
45% -- Final
10% -- Participation (Including paper presentation summaries)

Format for paper presentations/summaries:
1. Background/Intro:
What hypotheses are being tested? What is already known?
2. Methods:
Brief methodology. How were the hypotheses tested?
3. Results:
What did they find?
4. Discussion:
What is the authors interpretation? What would you do to follow up?

Summaries should be 2-3 pages (12 pt font, single-spaced).
Presentations should be 10 minutes with 10 slides, max.

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