Psychobiology (PSB)

The course is a basic introduction to psychoactive drugs and their effects on behavior and consciousness. Legal and legally restricted drugs with both medicinal and recreational uses are discussed in terms of their impacts on the individual user and society.

This course provides students with a detailed and thorough examination of the impact of evolution on human behavior and mental processes.

Gross/cellular neural and physiological components of behavior. Structure and function of the central and peripheral nervous systems and theories of brain functions.

The unified study of biological vision using approaches from psychology, neuroscience and computational modeling.

An interdisciplinary survey of the neural basis of cognitive functions and processes, including perception, attention, memory, and language. Exploration of scientific methods used to study how the brain supports cognition and behavior.

The action of neurotransmitters, neuromodulators, and neuroactive drugs on behavior.