Seminar in Social and Behavioral Neuroscience

Catalog description

Each section of this course explores an important topical area within contemporary social and behavioral neuroscience, exploring pertinent concepts, theories, and empirical findings. Topics explored may include the neuroscience underpinnings of social, personality, and emotional development; the neuroscience of aging and memory; and social and affective neuroscience. The intention of this course is to lay a foundation so that students may critically read and conduct research in the topical area, with an emphasis on how the topic can be examined at different levels of analysis, and how integrating information across levels of analysis furthers advancement in the field. Levels of analysis include neurochemical and cellular processes, neural networks and systems, behavioral manifestation, and dynamic feedback from the environmental context. The course will emphasize class participation and provide multiple opportunities to examine related topics in written and spoken form