PSYCH 2230 - Intro to Behavioral Neuroscience

(crosslisted) COGST 2230
(PBSS-AS, BIO-AS)

Fall, Summer (six-week session). 3 credits. Student option grading.

May be used to satisfy Psychology major breadth requirement and as an alternative prerequisite for upper-level biopsychology courses.

T. DeVoogd.

Introduction to psychology from a biological perspective, which focuses on brain mechanisms of behavior. Topics include the structure and function of the nervous system, physiological approaches to understanding behavior, hormones and behavior, biological bases of sensation and perception, learning and memory, cognition, emotion, and communication.