PSB-PSYCHOBIOLOGY

PSB 4003 Brain, Behavior and Experience . . . . . 3(3,0,0)
Introduction to the brain and its relationship to behavior and experience. Topics covered: structure and function of the nervous and endocrine systems, sensation/perception, emotion and motivation, thinking and consciousness, learning and memory, malfunctions of the mind.

PSB 4731 Psychobiology of Sexual Behavior . . . . . 3(3,0,0)
Study of biological and sociocultural determinants of sexual development throughout the human life span. Special emphasis is given to sexual orientation, sexual preference, sexual variance, and purported gender differences. Prerequisite: PSY 2013, DEP 2004, PSB 4003 or 3sh in biology.

PSB 5035 Cognitive Neuroscience . . . . . 3(3,0,0)
Biological bases of mind and behavior: History and methods of cognitive neuroscience; evolutionary perspectives on cognition; neural substrates of development and motor control, attention and perception, learning and memory, language and consciousness, cerebral lateralization and specialization.

PSB 6089 Brain and Mind: Fact and Fantasy . . . . . 3(3,0,0)
Seminar focusing on controversial issues in psychobiology of human information processing. Topics typically covered concern the relationship between the brain and consciousness, intelligence, memory and other mental processes.