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BIOL-5404: Neuroethology

Description: Overview of Neuroethology, the study of the neural basis of animal behavior. Topics include: organization of the nervous system, control and coordination of movement, sensory transduction, visual and auditory prey detection and recognition, visual communication, matched filters/predictive coding of sensory information, learning templates, computational maps, sensory integration, behavioral plasticity, spatial cognition, neural plasticity, and lateralization of neural function.

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Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: N/A

Required By: N/A

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Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 8

Average GPA: 3.82 (A)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 67.36%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.00%

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