PSYCH 4250 - Cognitive Neuroscience

(crosslisted)
(also BIONB 4230) (KCM-AS)

Fall. 4 credits.

Prerequisite: 2 majors-level biology courses or biopsychology or neurobiology (e.g., PSYCH 2230 or BIONB 2210, BIONB 2220); and introductory course in perception, cognition, or language (e.g., PSYCH 1102, PSYCH 2090, PSYCH 3140, or PSYCH 2150 essential). Offered alternate years. Enrollment limited to: 20 students. Co-meets with PSYCH 6250. One lab in sheep brain dissection.

B. L. Finlay.

Studies the relationship between structure and function in the central nervous system, stressing the importance of evolutionary and mechanistic approaches for understanding the human behavior and cognition.