Neural Control of Movement
BE 130
Subject & Catalog Number
Jointly Offered with:
Faculty of Arts & Sciences as ENG-SCI 249
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Description
Approaches from robotics, control theory, and neuroscience for understanding biological motor systems. Analytical and computational modeling of muscles, reflex arcs, and neural systems that contribute to motor control in the brain. Focus on understanding how the central nervous system plans and controls voluntary movement of the eyes and limbs. Learning and memory; effects of variability and noise on optimal motor planning and control in biological systems.
Course Notes
Offered in alternate years.
Recommended Prep
Mathematics 21b or Applied Mathematics 21b or equivalent, probability and statistics, Applied Physics 50a, Physical Sciences 12a, or equivalent.
School
Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Credits
4
Cross Reg
Available for Harvard Cross Registration
Department
Biomedical Engineering
Course Component
Lecture
Subject
Biomedical Engineering
Grading Basis
FAS Letter Graded
General Education
N/A
Quantitative Reasoning with Data
N/A
Divisional Distribution
Science & Engineering & Applied Science
Course Level
For Undergraduate and Graduate Students
