Biological Basis of Perception and Movement
Perception and Movement are fundamentally driven by biological processes. This course provides students with an understanding of the various systems and organs that play a role in the human ability to perceive the world and move through it. It builds upon Neuroscience Fundamentals to allow students to understand the impact of core neuroscience concepts.
Syllabus
Course Topics
Please note that while this course lists fewer topics than others within this course sequence, the topics it lists contain more information on average.
- Perception: sensory coding, the somatosensory system, touch, pain, visual processing, auditory processing, smell, taste, and chemoreceptors
- Movement: the organization and planning of movement, motor units, spinal reflex, locomotion, voluntary movement, control of the gaze, the vestibular system, posture, the cerebellum, the basal ganglia, degenerative diseases of the nervous system
Course Level
300
Disclosure
This course is delivered online through an institution of the Lower Cost Models Consortium (LCMC) that is different than your degree-granting institution that awards the academic credit for the course.
