BIOL-425 / PSY-425: Neuroscience Methods

Credits 4
Grade Scheme
BC
Session Cycle
S

Lecture and laboratory course exposing students to a variety of research techniques employed by neuroscientists including behavioral and cognitive procedures for measuring reward, memory, attention and emotion; neuroanatomical procedures for staining and examining brain tissues; physiological procedures for recording the electrical activity of nerve cells, as well as commonly used techniques used to explore brain-behavior relationships (EEG, lesions, electrical and chemical stimulation). (Cross-listed as PSY-425)

Prerequisites

PSY-317 or PSY-319; CHEM-125 or higher; or permission of instructor

Term Offered
Spring Only