Essentials of Behavioral Neuroscience: From the Cell to the Human Organism. An Integrative Laboratory and Service Learning Experience

这个项目正在创建一个行为神经科学实验室，为本科生开发实验，并与周围的教育社区合作创造外展服务学习机会。核心目标是开发一个新的行为神经科学实验室序列，标题为“行为神经科学要点：从细胞到人体有机体；一个综合实验室和服务学习经验。”这两个学期的顺序是为学生提供机会，学习大脑和行为关系的基本原则与“动手”的实验室经验。这些实验室是根据几个已经开发的资源（其中许多已经得到了NSF以前的支持）以及共同研究人员开发的新实验室进行改编的。这份实验室经验汇编包括来自Oakley和Schafer出版的经典生理心理学手册（1978）的实验室，Carol Ann Paul的“发现神经元：神经科学的实验基础”，J. Alexander Dale的CCLI项目“将电生理学纳入心理学课程”（9351304），以及合作研究者正在建设的其他基础实验室。实验室设施是围绕五个“ADInstruments Powerlab”工作站建立的，这些工作站支持体外和体内细胞记录，并直接测量从基本生理过程到脑电图的人体生理学。第二个目标是为波特兰大学的学生和教师创造新的服务学习体验。其中之一是一个新的夏令营项目，为当地高中生提供一个名为“大脑探索者”的教育机会，这是一个以神经科学为主题的夏令营，面向北波特兰的高危青少年。在行为神经科学实验室序列注册的本科生有机会参加服务学习研讨会课程，在那里他们作为一个团队为大脑探索者的推广工作开发材料。这个项目的智力价值在于为波特兰大学的学生提供了极大的机会，通过新颖的和以前不可用的方法来探索神经系统的复杂性。参与课程的学生将具备进一步理解神经科学所需的技术、批判性思维和解决问题的能力。该项目更广泛的影响是波特兰大学神经科学环境的增强和扩展，这使得加强跨学科的交流和合作成为可能。

Psychology - Biological (71) This project is creating a behavioral neuroscience laboratory, developing experiments for undergraduate students, and creating outreach service learning opportunities in collaboration with the surrounding educational community. The core objective is the development of a new behavioral neuroscience laboratory sequence entitled "Essentials of Behavioral Neuroscience: From the Cell to the Human Organism; An integrative laboratory and service learning experience." This two-semester sequence is providing opportunities for students to learn the basic principles of brain and behavior relationships with "hands-on" laboratory experiences. These labs are being adapted from several already developed sources (many of which have received previous support from NSF) as well as new labs developed by the co-investigators. This compilation of laboratory experiences includes labs from the classic physiological psychology manual published by Oakley and Schafer (1978), Carol Ann Paul's "Discovering Neurons: The Experimental Basis of Neuroscience," J. Alexander Dale's CCLI project titled "Incorporation of Electrophysiology into Psychology Courses" (9351304), and other basic labs which the co-investigators are constructing. The lab facility is being built around five "ADInstruments Powerlab" workstations that support both in vitro and in vivo cellular recording and direct measurement of human physiology from basic physiological processes to EEG. The second objective is the creation of novel service learning experiences for the students and faculty of the University of Portland. One of these is a new summer day camp program that provides an educational opportunity for local high school students called "Brain Explorers," a neuroscience-themed summer day camp for at-risk youth in North Portland. Undergraduate students enrolled in the behavioral neuroscience laboratory sequence are being given the opportunity to enroll in a service learning seminar course, where they work as a team to develop materials for the Brain Explorers outreach effort. The intellectual merit of this project lies in greatly expanded opportunities for students at the University of Portland to explore the complexities of the nervous system through novel and previously unavailable methods. Participating students are being prepared to engage in the technical, critical thinking, and problem solving skills necessary to further their understanding of the neural sciences. The broader impacts of this project are the enhancement and expansion of the University of Portland neuroscience environment that is making possible enhanced interdisciplinary communication and collaboration.