PSY5057 SPECIAL TOPICS: BIOPSYCHOLOGY

This course will focus on contemporary topics in neuroscience. Students will be required to read, discuss, and critique literature focusing on common themes. Examples of themes are the biopsychology of learning and memory, the nature of recovery from brain damage, and animal models of dementia, Alzheimer's disease, and Parkinson's disease. Prerequisite: Physiological Bases of Behavior.