1. C-NERVE A Cognitive-Neuroscience Education & Research-Valued Experience What is C-NERVE? a three-year course of training in psychophysiology funded by the National Science Foundation (#DUE-053651), which will: Provide hands-on digital technology experiences in cognitive neuroscience for UW-Stout undergraduates Digital psychophysiology experiences in courses Student participation in faculty research Student created independent research Training in electrophysiological techniques such as: Skin electrodes to detect muscle movement, sweating, heart beat Scalp electrodes used to measure brain activity Design of experiments to test explanations of brain-mind relations Facilitate the creation of a learning community Students and faculty interested in basic and applied research on brain-behavior relations Create activities to reach out to underrepresented groups Faculty and students will visit technical colleges and high schools throughout the upper midwest We will attempt to identify potentially interested students for recruitment C-NERVE Activities Field Trips: To laboratories conducting cognitive neuroscience research to experience first-hand this environment Supported for attendance to regional and national conferences Lectures: Active researchers in the field of cognitive neuroscience will present guest lectures These talks will be open to all students and faculty. Lab Meetings: A powerful way to foster a learning community is to participate in regular meetings devoted to research Mentoring: Each C-NERVE student will choose a C-NERVE faculty member to be their mentor. Students will meet with their mentor on a regular basis to develop a career plan. UW-Stout Pre-College: Every summer UW-Stout hosts four one-week Pre-College experiences for minority/disadvantaged youths in grades 7 – 10 C-NERVE will offer four 3-hour physiological laboratory experiences for these students C-NERVE students can participate in these activities What is Cognitive Neuroscience? The scientific study of how complex mental functions such as perception, memory, language and emotion are implemented within the brain. What will undergraduate members of C-NERVE do? Coursework: Five courses have been digitally enhanced to include hands-on lab activities that utilize psychophysiological methods to demonstrate brain-mind relationships. Applied Psychophysiological Methods Introduction to Neuroscience Perception Cognitive Processes Experimental Psychology Research Assistants: Students will serve as research assistants in each of four different labs: Stress and Arousal Lab Memory Lab Reasoning Lab Social Cognition Lab Senior Research Project: Students will carry out a senior research project using one or more psychophysiological measures Each student will have a C-NERVE project advisor Using EMG to measure emotional response to pictures C-NERVE faculty presenting to the pre-college students who visit UW-Stout every summer. For more information please contact Desiree Budd buddd@uwstout.edubuddd@uwstout.edu C-NERVE Faculty Members Top row LR: Ann Parsons, Jerry Kapus, Jo Hopp, Peizhong Li; Bottom row LR: Steve Deckelman, Mike Donnelly, Desiree Budd, Richard Tafalla