Neurofeedback for Technicians Guide

Course Expectations

Neuroanatomy for Technicians satisfies BCIA's Neuroanatomy requirement for Neurofeedback Certification. This course is self-paced. You have a year to read 10 chapters in Watson and Breedlove's The Mind's Machine text and pass 11 exams (20 multiple-choice questions) on ClassMarker with a score of 70%. You may take these exams as many times as you need until you achieve a passing score.

Course Resources

You may rent Sinauer’s The Mind's Machine (4th ed.) from online vendors like VitalSource for as low as $65.

Required Chapters

This course covers:

Chapter 1: Structure and Function
Chapter 2: Neurophysiology
Chapter 3: The Chemistry of Behavior
Chapter 5: The Sensorimotor System
Chapter 6: Hearing, Balance, Taste, Smell
Chapter 7: Vision
Chapter 8: Hormones and Sex
Chapter 10: Biological Rhythms and Sleep
Chapter 11: Emotions, Aggression, and Stress
Chapter 13: Memory and Learning
A Review of the Networks Trained by Neurofeedback

Log Into ClassMarker

Please enter the username and password we emailed you. Copy and paste your credentials into ClassMarker and click on the black Login button. Do not click on the orange Register Free button.

How to Take Exams

If you are enrolled in one product (Group), click on the Go To Group button.

If you are enrolled in several products, select the one you want and then click on Go to Selected Group.

When you select Neuroanatomy for Technicians, ClassMarker will show you available exams and your percentage, scores, and elapsed time on exams you have completed.

Open an exam by clicking on the Start button. You may save any exam and finish later and retake exams as often as possible.

How to Receive Exam Feedback

When you submit your answers, you will receive detailed feedback for each question. ClassMarker will also email you a list of your missed questions.

How to Return to the Exam Menu

Click on Group Tests at the left top of the screen

From here you may retake an exam or start a new one.

How to Download PowerPoints

Please download the PowerPoints using Dropbox.

Lecture Podcasts on YouTube

Chapter 1 Functional Neuroanatomy: The Nervous System and Behavior
Chapter 2 Neurophysiology: The Generation, Transmission, and Integration of Neural Signals
Chapter 3 The Chemistry of Behavior: Neurotransmitters and Neuropharmacology
Chapter 5 The Sensorimotor System

Chapter 6 Hearing, Vestibular Perception, Taste, and Smell
Chapter 7 Vision: From Eye to Brain

Chapter 8 Hormones and Sex
Chapter 10 Biological Rhythms, Sleep, and Dreaming
Chapter 11 Emotions, Aggression, and Stress

Chapter 13 Learning and Memory

Animations on YouTube

Chapter 1 Visualizing the Human Brain
Chapter 2 Resting Potential
Chapter 2 Action Potential
Chapter 2 Spatial Summation
Chapter 3 Synaptic Transmission
Chapter 3 Ionotropic Metabotropic
Chapter 3 Agonists Antagonists
Chapter 3 Neurotransmitter Pathways
Chapter 3 Chemical Communication

Chapter 5 Muscle Contraction

Chapter 5 Stretch Reflex

Chapter 6 Sound Transduction
Chapter 6 Mapping Auditory Frequencies
Chapter 8 Somatosensory
Chapter 6 Vestibular System
Chapter 6 Olfactory System

Chapter 7 Visual Pathways
Chapter 7 Receptive Fields Retina
Chapter 8 Hormone Action
Chapter 8 Hypothalamus Endocrine
Chapter 10 Biological Rhythms
Chapter 10 Molecular Clocks
Chapter 13 AMPA and NMDA

How to Receive Your Certificate of Exam Completion

When you have completed the 11 exams and filed with BCIA, please contact us at fred@biosourcesoftware.com so that we may issue a certificate of exam completion for you to submit to BCIA.

Questions? Click to Contact Us

Consider These Products