<p>“Don’t just look at your notes and read the book. Going over examples prepares you for the problems you will do. Reading the textbook over and over is completely useless, it lets you understand the concepts, but it doesn’t give your practice for the applications.”</p>
<p>Thats a good advice for most courses except that there isn’t much problem solving in intro to neuroscience courses apart from some exceptions. I’m currently doing fundamentals of behavioural neurobio (which I think is similar to what op is doing) and the key is simply to read the material until your eyes bleed. Read the assigned chapter before and after the lecture. Preferably record the lectures and try to focus on what the prof stresses out the most.</p>
<p>If you feel you cant wrap your head around a concept, try looking for material outside the textbook and lectures. Typing ‘action potential’ in youtube, for example, gets you some really cool links which definitely helped me out.</p>