Wikipedia:United States Education Program/Courses/Brain and Behavior)/Course description

Course description
This is the second semester of a two semester course in the biological basis of behavior. Complex behaviors are possible because of the brain. Our goal is to understand this complex organ and how it functions to subserve human behavior. Other universities might label this course as Biological Psychology. During the second semester of this two semester series, we will cover fundamental neural systems such as sleep and motivation as well as higher cortical functioning such as language and attention. We will also cover how the brain changes in response to learning and use this as a model for understanding brain plasticity. Although the first semester course, PSYC 310 Fundamentals of Behavioral Neuroscience, is not a prerequisite, students will be able to benefit maximally if they have taken this or similar courses such as human biology or anatomy and physiology.

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