PSB 4003 Brain, Behavior and Experience . . . . . 3(F,S)
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(S)
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(S)
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(F)
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.