PSYC 275 - Biological Psychology

Focuses on issues concerning cellular and behavioral/cognitive neuroscience and is designed for students majoring in psychological science. The first part covers neuroanatomy, neuronal structure and function, brain evolution and development, movement, and cellular models of memory. The second and third parts take students through cognitive neuroscience, sensory systems, sleep and dreaming, language, emotion, ingestive behaviors, psychopathology, and cognitive aspects of learning and memory. Also teaches basic methodology so that students learn the many ways to ask and answer questions about brain and behavior in humans and non-humans alike. Normally does not count towards the neuroscience major.

Credits: 1.00
Corequisite: None
Prerequisites:

PSYC 150

Major/Minor Restrictions: None
Class Restriction: No Senior
Restrictions: Not open to students who have completed

NEUR 170

Area of Inquiry: Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Core Component: None

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