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HUMAN BRAIN AND SENSES COURSE MATRIX
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6.
Perception (4–5 sessions)
Games Room
    • Optical Illusions
Vision: How the Eye Works
    • Field of View
• Depth Perception
• Optical Illusions
• Sensory Perception
• Obtain a stereo viewer.
• Investigate stereograms.
• Learn about 3-D movies.
• Make an animated movie.
• Research computer animation.
• Do the math.
• Read Oliver Sacks on vision.

7.
Touch (4–5 sessions)
Touch: How the Skin Works
    • Receptor Fields
    • Receptors
Lab: EEG Lab
    • Touch
• Touch Receptor Fields • Look at receptors within one grid square.
• Display all data on one grid.
• Set the lip challenge.
• Research the skin further.

8.
Sending a Message (2 sessions)
Games Room
    • Reaction Timer
Brain
    • Synapse Function
    • Neuron Growth
• Brain Message
• Neurotransmission: Sending a Message
• Conduct special projects.

9.
Sensory Investigations (6 sessions)
All Pedestal rooms • Sensory Systems
• Vision Overview
• Touch Overview
• Hearing Overview
• Taste Overview
• Smell Overview
• Brain Mapping
• How Can Our Senses Fail Us?

 

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