Neuroscience Simulation Project

神经科学模拟项目

• 批准号: 9354630
• 负责人: Richard Olivo
• 金额: $ 7.14万
• 依托单位: Smith College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1994
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1994-03-01 至 1995-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9354630&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Neuroscience; Simulation; Project

9354630 Olivo The Neuroscience Simulation Project will develop realistic, interactive, computer-based simulations of experiments in neuroscience, a field of rapid growth and increasing undergraduate interest. The simulations are targeted at introductory and intermediate courses in biology, psychology and neuroscience, especially at large courses that do not include a laboratory. Students in such courses often have difficulty understanding the remarkably rapid and dynamic responses of neurons, because these aspects are not conveyed well by static pictures in textbooks. Realistic, interactive simulations in which students see and hear neuronal responses as they control stimuli interactively give a much better understanding of the pace and dynamics of activity in the brain and nervous system. The Neuroscience Simulation Project, which will be extended and enlarged by this funding, was founded at Smith College in 1990 with partial support from the New England Consortium for Undergraduate Science Education. Its first software release, MacRetina, generated strong interest in the neuroscience community and won a Distinguished Natural Science Software Award in 1992 from EDUCOM. The pedagogical and technical challenges mastered in producing MacRetina will serve as a strong foundation for the proposed development of new simulation software. ***y

小行星9354630 神经科学模拟项目将开发逼真的，交互式的，基于计算机的神经科学实验模拟，这是一个快速增长和增加本科生兴趣的领域。这些模拟针对生物学、心理学和神经科学的入门和中级课程，特别是不包括实验室的大型课程。 学习这类课程的学生往往很难理解神经元的快速和动态反应，因为教科书中的静态图片无法很好地传达这些方面。 逼真的交互式模拟，学生在交互式控制刺激时看到和听到神经元的反应，从而更好地了解大脑和神经系统活动的速度和动态。 神经科学模拟项目，这将是延长和扩大的资金，成立于1990年在史密斯学院的部分支持下，从新英格兰大学本科科学教育联盟。它的第一个软件版本MacRetina在神经科学界引起了强烈的兴趣，并于1992年获得了EDUCOM颁发的杰出自然科学软件奖。在生产MacRetina中掌握的教学和技术挑战将成为拟议开发新模拟软件的坚实基础。 *y