Cognitive Neuroscience
Cognitive Neuroscience is the study of the biological process which underlie behavior, learning, thought and experience. This course builds on students’ understanding of neuroscience and psychology to explore information processing, behavior, language, and more. Special attention is paid to the neurological factors which drive behavior and give rise to a range of disorders.
Course Topics
The unconscious and conscious processing of neural information
The brain stem, autonomic motor system, hypothalamus, emotions and feelings, homeostasis, motivation and addiction, seizures and epilepsy, sleep and dreaming
Development and emergence of behavior
Patterning the nervous system, differentiation and survival of neurons, growth and guidance of axons, formation and elimination of synapses, refinement of synaptic connections, brain damage and repair, sexual differentiation of the nervous system, the aging brain
Language, thought, affect, and learning
Disorders of conscious and unconscious mental processes, disorders of thought and volition, disorders of mood and anxiety, autism and other developmental disorders, learning and memory, cellular mechanisms of implicit memory storage, the biological basis of individuality, the prefrontal cortex and the hippocampus, the biology of implicit memory storage
300
Disclosure
This course is delivered online through an institution of the Lower Cost Models Consortium (LCMC) that is different than your degree-granting institution that awards the academic credit for the course.
