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Course Topics
Below is a general time guideline (1 week or 1½ weeks), but obviously some modules may take you less time to work through and other modules may take you more time.
|
Unit |
Topic |
Readings from Pinel’s Biopsychology |
|
Unit 1 (1 week) |
Development of the Nervous System
|
Ch. 9 |
|
Unit 2 (1 ½ weeks) |
Brain Damage and Neuroplasticity |
Ch. 10 |
|
Unit 3 (1 ½ weeks) |
Learning, Memory and Amnesia |
Ch. 11 |
|
Unit 4 (1 week) |
Hunger, Eating and Health |
Ch. 12 |
|
Unit 5 (1 week) |
Hormones and Sex |
Ch. 13 |
|
Unit 6 (1 week) |
Sleep, Dreaming and Circadian Rhythms |
Ch. 14 |
|
Unit 7 (1 ½ weeks) |
Drug Addiction and the Brain’s Reward Circuits |
Ch. 15 |
|
Unit 8 (1 ½ weeks) |
Biopsychology of Emotion, Stress and Health |
Ch. 17 |
|
Unit 9 (1 ½ weeks) |
Biopsychology of Psychiatric Disorders |
Ch. 18 |
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