1. The brain, experience, and behavior
Students will develop their understanding of how the brain influences one's experience of the world and one's behavior in it.
Measurement: In-class quizzes and/or exams on assigned textbook reading, lectures, and class discussions and written reports and/or in-class presentations of self-selected articles from the scientific literature.
2. Scientific methods and behavioral neurobiology
Students will identify scientific methods, especially those of cognitive neuroscience, that are valuable in behavioral neurobiology.
Measurement: In-class quizzes and/or exams on assigned textbook reading, lectures, and class discussions and written reports and/or in-class presentations of self-selected articles from the scientific literature.
3. Diseases, trauma, drug usage, hormones, and genes
Students will extend concepts and research findings to diseases, trauma, drug usage, hormones, and genes.
Measurement: In-class quizzes and/or exams on assigned textbook reading, lectures, and class discussions and written reports and/or in-class presentations of self-selected articles from the scientific literature.
