Neuroscience of Human Behavior, Cognition and Affect

Catalog description

The course will provide overview of the neuroscience of behavior cognitive and affective function in humans by reviewing the structure and function of the central nervous system. Integrating different disciplines including cognitive psychology, neuropsychology and the cognitive neurosciences to examine classic and current literature pertaining to normal and abnormal behavior cognitive and affective function. The course will cover complex cognitive functions including but not limited to attention, memory, language, and executive control as well as the neuroanatomical substrate underlying these functions. In addition, mechanisms involved in regulation of emotions and affect in normal and diseased populations will be covered.