| Course title | |||||
| 生命科学特論Ⅲ [Life science special lectureⅢ] | |||||
| Course category | courses for the doctral program | Requirement | Credit | 2 | |
| Department | Year | ～ | Semester | 3rd | |
| Course type | 3rd | Course code | 148306 | ||
| Instructor(s) | |||||
| 田中 秀幸 [TANAKA Hideyuki] | |||||
| Facility affiliation | Faculty of Engineering | Office | Room 427, Bldg. No. 12 | Email address | |
| Course description |
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“Perception and motor control” is a research domain to study the principles of human perception and movement control from several perspectives such as neuroscience, cognitive science, psychological science and so on. The purpose of this lecture is to focus on human higher levels of brain functions, especially focusing on “body maps” and learning the basic principles of human movement behavior in everyday life. Read the text explaining "Body Map", select the topic you are interested in from the contents, and research the latest case studies of the topic. Through presentations and discussions that summarize these surveys, we will deepen our understanding of the relationship between human perception and motor control principles and health. |
| Expected Learning |
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The course goals are follows. 1) To acquire a sense of researcher who can discuss health problem and health improvement from the viewpoint of human behavioral levels. 2) To acquire the ability to discuss not only the main problems in their research fields but also "human health problems" from a broad perspective with researchers from different fields. |
| Course schedule |
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1st week: Introduction: Evolution theory-oriented approach to motor behavior. Neurophysiological basis of perception and motor control I 2nd week: Neurophysiological basis of perception and motor control II 3rd week: Perception and motor control, and cerebral functions I 4th week: Perception and motor control, and cerebral functions II 5th week: The 1st chapter of the textbook "The Body Mandala": Review papers related with a theme of interests. 6th week: The 2nd chapter of the textbook "The Little Man in the Brain": Review papers related with a theme of interests. 7th week: The 3rd chapter of the textbook "Dueling Body Maps": Review papers related with a theme of interests. 8th week: The 4th chapter of the textbook "The Homunculus in the Game": Review papers related with a theme of interests. 9th week: The 5th chapter of the textbook "Plasticity Gone Awry": Review papers related with a theme of interests. 10th week: The 6th chapter of the textbook "Broken Body Maps": Review papers related with a theme of interests. 11th week: The 7th chapter of the textbook "The Bubble Around the Body": Review papers related with a theme of interests. 12th week: The 8th chapter of the textbook "Sticks and Stones and Cyberbones": Review papers related with a theme of interests. 13th week: The 9th chapter of the textbook "Mirror, Mirror": Review papers related with a theme of interests. 14th week: The 10th chapter of the textbook "Heart of the Mandala": Review papers related with a theme of interests. 15th week: General discussion. |
| Prerequisites |
| In addition to the class study of 30 hours for 15 weeks in total, it takes about 4 hours self-study for each week to review papers and prepare for presentation materials. |
| Required Text(s) and Materials |
| Sandra Blakeslee and Matthew Blakeslee, The Body Has a Mind of Its Own: How Body Maps in Your Brain Help You Do (Almost) Everything Better (Japanese version translated by KOMATSU Junko, published by Intershift). |
| References |
| Neural Basis for Motor Control, Nishino, K. and Yanagihara, D. ed., NAP Limited. |
| Assessment/Grading |
| Evaluation based on the achievement of presentations for each week (70%) and scientific short essay (30%). |
| Message from instructor(s) |
| Students interested in human movement science will be welcome. As the first four-week classes will concern basics of perception and motor control studies, no advance knowledge on the basics would be required. Students are encouraged to actively participate in classwork including Q&A sessions. |
| Course keywords |
| motor behavior, motor control, motor learning, sensation and perception, evolution theory-oriented approach |
| Office hours |
| From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., every Thursday |
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| Lecture Language |
| Japanese |
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| Last update |
| 3/7/2022 3:47:20 PM |