PSYC 32400 - Cognitive Neuroscience

Course Credit: 1.25
(NEUR)
This course examines how the human brain gives rise to cognitive abilities like perception, attention, language, emotion, memory, problem solving, and creative thinking. Topics include the cognitive theories proposed for these human abilities, the neural structures responsible for these abilities, and the methods employed to measure brain-behavior relationships. Includes a 3-hour laboratory in addition to class. The laboratory and classroom components are closely integrated and must be taken concurrently. Precludes enrollment in PSYC 32300. Prerequisite(s): PSYC 25000 or BIOL 20300 Annually. [HSS, W]