Gray Matter On My Mind: GMOMMWEB Search Demo
Gray Matter On My Mind: GMOMMWEB© Search
Often we have some idea of what we want to investigate but are unsure where to begin. GMOMMWEB can provide information according to topics by opening the GMOMMWEB program and choosing a topic from the listing. However, we may want to be more specific in our search for keywords or phrases relating to a topic. The GMOMMWEB Search is dedicated to content covered within GMOMMWEB and like other search engines it provides a "ranked" listing of search "hits". The search listing has important information displayed that helps you to decide which page or pages you would like to explore. This dedicated search is limited to GMOMMWEB content, it is not a web search. There are a number of such search engines available to you for web searches. The GMOMMWEB Search provides a listing of links each of which can be opened to show the particular page from the GMOMMWEB program. You can open a Demo search engine that lists specific pages as would be the case when using the actual GMOMMWEB program. For this GMOMMWEB Search Demo Version, Links are inactivated. An example of a Search Page result for "Neural Network" is shown below. Only the top 6 of 24 "hits" are shown. Note that both the title and description of each "hit" provide critical information to help you choose the page or pages you would like to explore. After deciding what topic you would like to explore, clicking the link will open a new page in a new browser window.
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Movies and More (30 years of experience) Gray Matter on My Mind: GMOMMWEB is an interactive program in neuroscience; an electronic “book” designed for advanced undergraduate and graduate neuroscience students, health professional students and practicing health professionals who treat individuals with neurological disorders. The intellectual content is built upon my experience as a neuroscience teacher since 1976 and my work as a basic researcher in systems neuroscience at the University of Pittsburgh. There are currently over 225 QuickTime/ Flash Movies that provide a critical dynamic aspect to the program. Some of these movies are QuickTime Virtual Reality Movies where the learner can rotate an object (e.g., brain) in 3D. Others are Navigable Movies that allow the learner to actually navigate and pick sections of the movie to study or simulate neural events in a virtual brain. The remainder are the more typical linear movies. Many of the movies are constructed from 2D and 3D animation software. Some movies contain human kinesiologic motion data plus muscle activity (EMG audio.) Other movies contain simulated electrical or electrochemical activity of neurons and neural networks; presentation of concepts that go way beyond the printed page. Click this link Pyramidal.mov to play a movie showing a pyramidal cell being activated by synaptic input. QuickTime 7 is required to play this movie. PLEASE BE PATIENT AS THE MOVIE LOADS. |
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Study Buddies & Discovery- You Have Control These dynamic media (movies) are included with other interactive animations within the GMOMMWEB program. I try to make every page dynamic so that the user is actively involved in the learning process. I include a number of “Study Buddies” that provide active review of the material that should have been learned. GMOMMWEB includes a good mix of neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, neuroscience concepts/principles and numerous clinical correlations. New material is incorporated into GMOMMWEB as the information becomes available through peer-reviewed neuroscience journals; it must be synthesized before the new knowledge is integrated into the GMOMMWEB program. This is done in a creative way to allow the student to actively “discover” the concepts or principles inherent in the information. |
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Teaching and Learning Neuroscience in the 21st Century I use the GMOMMWEB program extensively in my classes to illustrate points that can be made in a few seconds rather than the many minutes that would be required without this dynamic media. I assign portions of the program to students to review outside of class. For individuals/institutions that own the site license for GMOMMWEB, the program may be loaded to individual computers or a Local Area Network (LAN) under the control of the department/program/school purchasing the site license. GMOMMWEB runs well on a high bandwidth local network (intranet) or internet connection. GMOMMWEB may NOT be placed on a public website. Individuals who have purchased the single-user CD may NOT place the program on an LAN NOR copy the program to any computer: single-user licensee runs the program from the CD on their personal desktop/laptop computer. The individual as an instructor may share any of the GMOMMWEB information in class using a data projector connected to his/her laptop computer (single-user or site license user). |