Neuroscience 356 - Neurphys: Motivation
Fall
2017
01
4.00
John-Paul Baird
F 09:30AM-12:00PM
Amherst College
NEUR-356-01-1718F
MCLS 428
jpbaird@amherst.edu
PSYC-356-01,NEUR-356-01
(Offered as PSYC 356 and NEUR 356) This course will explore in detail the neurophysiological underpinnings of basic motivational systems such as feeding, addiction, fear, and sex. Students will read original articles in the neuroanatomical, neurophysiological, and behavioral scientific literature. Key goals of this course will be to make students conversant with the most recent scientific findings and adept at research design and hypothesis testing.
Requisite: PSYC 212 or 226 and consent of the instructor. Limited to 15 students. Fall semester. Professor Baird.