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PSYC 3357 - Contemporary Topics in Biopsychology


Credit(s): 3
Lecture Hour(s): 3
Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture
This course explores contemporary issues in the neural control of behaviour. We discuss motivation and emotion, sleep, learning and memory, psychopathology, mood disorders, the gut-brain axis, attention, and consciousness from a biopsychology perspective. Students will also gain a deeper understanding of biological psychology research techniques.

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 2275  with a minimum grade of C or higher.