PSYS 3290 B (CRN: 15717)

Psychological Science: Neurosci of Memory and Emotion (B)

3 credit hours

About PSYS 3290 B

Advanced study in behavioral neuroscience. Representative topics: Biological Basis of Cognition, Emotion, and Behavior; Perception; Strange Brains and Behavior. May be repeated for credit with different content. Topics vary by offering; periodic offering at intervals that may exceed four years. Prerequisites: PSYS 1400; PSYS 2000 or PSYS 2002; PSYS 2200, NSCI 2100, or NSCI 2105.

Notes

Prereqs enforced by the system: PSYS 1400; PSYS 2000 or PSYS 2002; PSYS 2200, NSCI 2100, or NSCI 2105; Junior and Senior class standing only; PSYS and NEUR majors and minors only PACE students by permission and override. System waitlisting enabled for this section.

Section Description

For Psychological Science B.S. and Neuroscience students, the course will fulfill a Category A requirement.

Neuroscience of Memory and Emotion focuses on what we have learned, and continue to learn, about how the brain supports memories and emotions. We will cover topics such as the neural substrates of fear learning and memory, the brain areas that store long-term memories of events, the circuits that support voluntary behavior and decision-making, and synaptic plasticity processes. You will learn about up-to-date techniques and the power of rodent models to answer fundamental questions about the brain and behavior. We will also have a weekly “journal club” where we discuss recent papers at the leading edge of the field. You will learn how to approach these papers like a practicing scientist would.

You will especially like the course topics if you enjoyed the learning, memory, and emotion sections of PSYS 2200 (Biopsychology) or NSCI 2100 (Exploring Neuroscience). Either of these courses is sufficient background for my course.

Section Expectation

The format of the course will be a mixture of lectures to strengthen your knowledge base in this field, discussion of journal articles from the literature, and in-class activities. Attendance will be very important, and my goal is to get everyone participating. You’ll learn and deepen skills in reading and understanding science papers. And you will learn about how the field addresses fundamental research questions.

The required textbook is “The Neurobiology of Learning and Memory” (3rd edition) by Jerry W. Rudy. This an e-book and will be available through the UVM bookstore. The content of select chapters will be the focus of lectures, exams, and quizzes.

Evaluation

Evaluation will include in-class exams, in-class assignments, online quizzes, and a short final paper on a topic of interest to you that is connected to the course.

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