GRAD > PSYDBS

Psych Dev & Brain Sciences

• PSYDBS 601  Proseminar in Developmental and Brain Sciences

  Description:
  The proseminar introduces incoming students to the major subfields and specialties in the program and fosters mastery of general skills in the conduct of science. Variable course content illustrates the range of current research in the program and connects it with enduring questions in the field.   More Info
  
  Offered in:

  • 2013 Fall

• PSYDBS 610  Behavioral Neuroscience

  Description:
  Behavioral Neuroscience is the discipline dedicated to the scientific investigation and advancement of theory pertaining to processes underlying the biological basis of human behavior. The filed is interdisciplinary in approach touching on fields of study such as psychology, biology, chemistry, neuropharmacology, biochemistry, and the clinical sciences (e.g., neurology and neuropsychiatry). The goal of this course is to provide an advanced survey of current topics in behavioral neuroscience. The course takes a research based approach through interpretation, analysis and application of experimental findings. Additional insight will be gained by examination of neural dysfunction in neurological and neuropsychiatrically impaired clinical populations. My hope is that by the conclusion of the course, students will have advanced knowledge in concept and theory, research methodology, and application of neuroscientific knowledge to normal behavior and clinical disorders/syndromes.   More Info
  
  Offered in:

  • TBA

• PSYDBS 611  Developmental Behavioral Neuroscience

  Description:
  Developmental behavioral neuroscience is an emerging interdisciplinary field with diverse contributions from the behavioral and biological science. This core course places the study of development in a biological context that includes evolution, genetics, physiology, anatomy, cells, and molecules. The focus is on major concepts and methods used to explain development of brain and behavior, particularly during early stages. Enduring controversies and modern efforts to resolve them will be considered. The course is organized to represent major areas of contemporary research, with attention to both fundamental processes and functionally defined, integrative behavioral systems.   More Info
  
  Offered in:

  • 2013 Fall

• PSYDBS 620  Cognitive Neuroscience

  Description:
  This core course covers the cognitive and neural processes that underlie perception, attention, memory, language, social cognition, decision-making and executive function. Classic and recent journal articles will be discussed both to extract major findings and to elucidate the various methods - neuropsychological evaluation, psychophysical measurement, single-cell neurophysiological recording, and neuroimaging - that allow for inferences about the brain bases of cognition.   More Info
  
  Offered in:

  • 2013 Fall
  • 2013 Spring

• PSYDBS 621  Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience

  Description:
  Developmental cognitive neuroscience is an evolving field that investigates the relations between brain and cognitive development. Fundamental questions include: What are the relations between developmental changes in the brain (e.g. morphology, connectivity) and developmental changes in childrens perceptual and cognitive abilities (e.g. depth perception, ability to sustain selective attention, executive functions)? Why, and how, is learning enhanced during certain periods in development? These issues will be investigated in the context of the following specific topics: the development of the visual system, visual attention, memory, executive functions, speech and language. The methods of human cognitive neuroscientific research that can be used with infants and children will also be discussed (e.g. ERP, NIRS).   More Info
  
  Offered in:

  • TBA

• PSYDBS 694  Mentored Research

  Description:
  This course provides the mechanism through which students will receive credit while conducting pre-doctoral research. The student will be individually supervised and mentored by his or her advisor during the design and execution of an original Mentored Research Project. With approval of the student's advisory committee Mentored Research may be applied toward the research requirement for a Master's Degree. 9 credits of Mentored Research are required.   More Info
  
  Offered in:

  • 2013 Spring

• PSYDBS 711  Advanced Homones and Behavior

  Description:
  This course will examine the neural and hormonal correlates of behavior. We will consider how hormones influence the development and activation of behavior, and how behaviors, in turn, regulate neural and endocrine physiology. Our discussions will primarily focus on hormone-behavior interactions in mammalian systems. Throughout the course, we will explore the hormonal influences on sex determination, sexual behavior, mating behavior, parental behavior, dominance and aggression, responses to stressful stimuli, immune function and homeostasis, biological rhythms, learning and memory, and endocrine disruptors.   More Info
  
  Offered in:

  • TBA

• PSYDBS 771  Matlab for Behavioral Sciences

  Description:
  This course is designed to teach students to optimally utilize Matlab as a platform for generating perceptual stimuli, controlling experimental devices such as stimulus delivery systems and recording devices (eye tracking, fMRI, NIRS), and visualizing and analyzing data.   More Info
  
  Offered in:

  • 2013 Fall

• PSYDBS 899  Dissertation Research

  Description:
  This course provides the mechanism through which student will receive credit for doctoral research. The student will be individually supervised and mentored by his or her advisor during the design and execution of an original Doctoral project, as well as the writing of the Doctoral Dissertation itself. This course is only open to students who have successfully advanced to candidacy for the PhD. 24 credits of Dissertation Research are required for the PhD.   More Info
  
  Offered in:

  • TBA