PSYC 5717

Advanced Behavioral Neuroscience Lab

A laboratory-based course outlining how the brain interacts with the rest of the body to determine our behavior. Lecture, discussion, and laboratory sessions are integrated to introduce students to modern methods of psychophysiological research as it applies to neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, neuroendocrinology, and biofeedback instrumentation. Areas covered will include the physiological bases of learning, memory, sleep, dreaming, emotion, psychopharmacology, and psychopathology. Classroom discussions will be augmented with readings from recent research articles.

Units: 1.0