Advanced Neural Control of Movement
ENG-SCI 249
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Course Information
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.
Students expected to meet all of the requirements of Biomedical Engineering 130 and in addition to submit a term project with significant analytic content.
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.
Available for Harvard Cross Registration
