Syllabus
05/10/2015
Introduction to the course 12/10/2015
Neuroanatomy 19/10/2015
Cellular building blocks, membranes and potentials 26/10/205
Intercellular communication,psychopharmacology and neurotransmitters 02/11/2015
Research methods and animal models in biopsychology 09/11/2015
Neural basis of emotion 16/11/2015
Motivational systems and incentive salience 23/11/2015
Neural basis of drug addiction 30/11/2015
Neural basis of schizophrenia 07/12/2015
History of biological treatments for psychological disorders
Annotation
A full description of the topics, course and assessment is available in the file store area (Introduction to Biopsychology Course Handbook 2015-2016).
Psychology seeks to understand and explain human behaviour from various perspectives; the physical substrates of human behaviour is central to any examination of human psychology. Knowledge and understanding of the structure and function of the brain, and other bodily systems is necessary to appreciate complex phenomena such as mental illness, motivated behaviour and emotion.
You will be taught by an expert biopsychologist, who is research active and who is passionate about her subject.