Lectures: Thursdays 2:30-4pm; Professor Daniel Weissman, [email protected](link sends e-mail)
Lab Sections: Each Lecturer would likely cover 2 - 90 minute lab sections/week. See LSA Course Guide(link is external) for all days and times.
General Job Description: This laboratory course provides students with “hands-on” research experience in cognitive psychology/neuroscience. Each Lecturer leads TWO 90-minute laboratory sections per week (20 students per section), attends ONE 90-minute lecture given by the professor per week, and attends ONE 80-minute instructor meeting just after the weekly lecture ends. Lecturers also proctor in-class exams, answer student questions over email, during weekly office hours (2 hours per week), and at individually scheduled times (if needed). Lecturers also prepare lesson plans and other materials for laboratory sections (most of these can be re-used from prior semesters) and assist with preparing questions for multiple-choice exams. Finally, they provide feedback on and grade first drafts of writing assignments, grade final versions of writing assignments, grade other assignments (e.g. oral presentations and other lab activities), keep track of attendance at lab section, grade participation in lab activities, keep track of course grades, enter final grades from Canvas into Wolverine Access, and collaborate and consult with the instructor and other lecturers as needed.
Competencies: Basic understanding of experimental design, statistics, cognitive psychology, and functional MRI (e.g., from undergraduate coursework, grad fMRI coursework, etc). Good oral/written communication skills and enthusiasm for teaching are also desirable.