[FUN_Mail] vision lab ideas?

[Webster, Sarah]

If you want to take a more integration among systems approach,  I have used
Andrea Li's Visuo-Motor plasticity experiment with my class for years. It
takes two lab sessions and is always highlight for students. The experiment
measures motor adaptation to a shift in the visual field induced by prism
goggles. The students take turns as experimenter and subject. Each year I
have a few that end up snap chatting the experience.
You can order stick on prisms and use lab goggles, so its quite affordable!

http://www.funjournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/LiJUNEf2008.pdf

-Sarah Webster

On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 2:35 PM, Richard Olivo via FUN_Mail <
fun_mail at lists.funfaculty.org> wrote:

> You can find complete instructions for a crayfish ERG experiment in my
> online lab manual:
>
> tinyurl.com/bio301
>
> ​Look for Lab 6, "​Electroretinogram of the crayfish eye."  The lab has
> students measure and plot the latency and amplitude of the ERG for
> different light intensities, using strobes to generate flashes and neutral
> density filters to control intensity. (Relative intensity is much easier to
> control than wavelenth selectivity, where it is difficult to generate
> stimuli at different wavelengths of equal photon densities).
>
> best,
> Richard
>
> --------
> Richard F Olivo, PhD
> Professor of Biological Sciences and Neuroscience, Smith College
> Founding Editor, Educational Resources (ERIN), Society for Neuroscience
>     44 College Lane, Smith College, Northampton MA 01063
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>
> On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 2:16 PM, Dr. James Murray Ph.D. via FUN_Mail <
> fun_mail at lists.funfaculty.org> wrote:
>
> > I’ve recorded electroretinograms from crayfish eyes using pin electrodes.
> > That is really easy if you have a simple amplifier and recording set up.
> > Really robust responses.  Maybe test wavelength selectivity, or flicker
> > fusion.
> >
> >
> > > On Feb 5, 2016, at 8:47 AM, Kozlowski, Dorothy via FUN_Mail <
> > fun_mail at lists.funfaculty.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Everyone,
> > > Just reaching out to see if anyone has any suggestions on labs for
> > vision for upper level undergraduates.  I do the cow eye dissection,
> blind
> > spot demonstration, as well as a small demo on the distribution of rods
> and
> > cones (I.e. What do they see first…the pen or color of the pen) and have
> > had the students analyze some visual illusions.  I’ve scoured the
> internet
> > and ERIN but haven’t really found anything that’s much different.  Any
> new
> > creative ideas out there? dkozlows at depaul.edu
> > > Thanks
> > > Dorothy
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > Dorothy Kozlowski Ph.D.
> > > Professor
> > > Department of Biological Sciences
> > > Vincent de Paul Professor-
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> > > DePaul University
> > >
> > > President, Chicago Society for Neuroscience
> > > http://www.chicagosfn.org
> > >
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> > > 2325 N. Clifton
> > > Chicago, IL 60614
> > > 773-325-2191
> > >
> >
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> > >
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