neu360 - Auditory Neuroscience (Complete module description)

Module label	Auditory Neuroscience
Module code	neu360
Credit points	6.0 KP
Workload	180 h ( 1 SWS Lecture (VO) 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
Applicability of the module	Master's Programme Biology (Master) > Background Modules Master's Programme Biology (Master) > Background Modules Master's Programme Neuroscience (Master) > Background Modules
Responsible persons	Ashida, Go (module responsibility) Puschmann, Sebastian (authorised to take exams) Ashida, Go (authorised to take exams) Puschmann, Sebastian (Module counselling)
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 have profound knowledge on auditory sensory processing at several levels (including cochlear transduction mechanisms, central auditory processing) have basic knowledge of the large range of techniques used in auditory research are able to read and critically report to others on an original research paper in auditory neuroscience are able to research and review a specific topic in auditory neuroscience
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

Type of course	SWS	Frequency	Workload of compulsory attendance
Lecture	1	SuSe	14
Seminar	1	SuSe	14
Exercises	2	SuSe	28
Total module attendance time			56 h

Examination	Prüfungszeiten	Type of examination
Final exam of module	within a few weeks of the end of summer term lecture period	HA