THE BIOLOGICAL BASIS OF BEHAVIOR

EDPSYCH 326

Provides an overview of methods and findings at the interface between education and neuroscience. Findings on brain development from birth to adolescence, brain changes in response to learning and how individual differences in brains relate to individual differences in learning. Educationally relevant domains including language acquisition and bilingualism, the brain basis of reading and mathematics and executive functions like memory, attention and emotion will be highlighted.

PSYCH 454

Biological basis of human and animal behaviors, including perception, action, cognition, social interaction and disease. Weekly themes from "Cracking the Neural Code" to "Love and War". Learn, develop and use neural mechanisms to explain and (attempt to) predict what they and others think and do in all facets of life.

PSYCH 720

Provides a broad overview of principles that underlie our understanding of how the structure and function of the brain give rise to cognition and intelligent behavior, and of the methods with which cognitive neuroscience research is carried out. The content covered can be summarized as neuroscience with direct implications for understanding the neural bases of human behavior, and will include anatomical, cellular, systems, behavioral, neuropsychological, and computational levels of analysis. The emphasis will be on domains of behavior traditionally covered by cognitive psychology and neurology, but with explicit consideration, when applicable, of implications for understanding affect, social behavior, and psychopathology.

EDPSYCH 533

Covers the cognitive and emotional foundations of behavior with special reference to processes of learning and change. How does the science of thinking and feeling inform interventions such as teaching, counseling, or parenting? Topics covered include: dual-systems theories, neural and behavioral aspects of emotion and cognitive control, intuition, and expertise. Focus on the relation between unconscious, automatic processes and deliberate, effortful processes guiding behavior.

PSYCH 612

Comprehensive review of the field of behavioral neuropharmacology, focusing on methodology, major neurotransmitter systems, critical evaluation of experimental evidence regarding behavioral functions of these transmitter systems and drugs used to treat mental illness.