Module label | Auditory Neuroscience |
Module abbreviation | neu360 |
Credit points | 6.0 KP |
Workload | 180 h
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Total workload 45h: 14 h contact / 31 h background reading 1 SWS Seminar (SE) Total workload 45h: 14 h contact / 15 h background reading / 16 h preparation and presentation 2 SWS Supervised excercise (UE) Total workload 90h: 10 h contact / 20 h literature search / 60 h work on essay paper |
Institute directory | Department of Neurosciences |
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Prerequisites | Recommended previous knowledge/skills: Basics of Neurosensory Science and Behavioural Biology |
Skills to be acquired in this module | ++ Neurosci. knowlg + Expt. methods ++ Scient. Literature + Social skills ++ Interdiscipl. knowlg ++ Data present./disc. ++ Scientific English + Ethics Introduction to Auditory Physiology. May serve as preparation for a Research Module in this area. Upon successful completion of this course, students
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Module contents | One week introductory block course, comprised of a lecture series and matching seminar that emphasizes discussion. Topics: Hair cells: structure, transduction mechanism, receptor potential, synaptic transmission Basilar papilla / cochlea: structure, micromechanics, amplification; otoacoustic emissions Auditory nerve: phase locking, rate coding. Excitation patterns Ascending auditory pathways: wiring, principles of excitation/inhibition, examples of cellular/molecular specialisations Sound localisation in birds and mammals Central auditory processing: imaging techniques, auditory streams, cortex, primates Relation between psychophysics and neurophysiology The introductory block is followed by a supervised literature search and individually written term paper on a specific topic in auditory neuroscience. |
Recommended reading | About 20 selected original papers (selection varies) Pickles JO (2012) An Introduction to the Physiology of Hearing. Brill, Netherlands |
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Language of instruction | English |
Duration (semesters) | 1 Semester |
Module frequency | annually, summer term, second half |
Module capacity | 15 ( BM neu211 "Neurosensory Science and Behaviour" )or BM neu270 "Neurocognition and Psychophysics" or skills module biox "Current Topics in Hearing Science" |
Reference text | Registration procedure / selection criteria: StudIP, final acceptance after assignment of seminar presentation |
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Type of course | Comment | SWS | Frequency | Workload of compulsory attendance |
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Lecture | 1 | SoSe | 14 | |
Seminar | 1 | SoSe | 14 | |
Exercises | 2 | SoSe | 28 | |
Total module attendance time | 56 h |
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Final exam of module | within a few weeks of the end of summer term lecture period |
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