Neuroscience & Behavior Concentrations

B.S. Degree

Neuroscience & Behavior Concentration

This is the study of how the nervous system mediates behavioral effects in the realms of motivation, perception, learning and memory, and attention. It also includes the study of human neurophysiology and aphasia.

Psyc 107 Lab/Substance Abuse Research
Psyc 114 Lab/Psychophysical Perspectives on the Social Mind
Psyc 125 Clinical Neuropsychology and Assessment
Psyc 129 Logic of Perception
Psyc 132 Hormones and Behavior
Psyc 133 Circadian Rhythms - Biological Clocks
Psyc 134 Eating Disorders
Psyc 135 Animal Behavior
Psyc 150 Cognitive Neuroscience of Vision
Psyc 159 Physiological Basis of Perception
Psyc 169 Brain Damage & Mental Function
Psyc 170 Introduction to Cognitive Neuropsychology
Psyc 171 Neurobiology Learning and Memory
Psyc 179 Drugs, Addiction, and Mental Disorders
Psyc 181 Drugs and Behavior
Psyc 188 Impulse Control Behaviors
Psyc 189 Brain, Behavior, and Evolution
Psyc 190 Parenting
Psyc 199** Independent studies in this field - must culminate in a research paper approved by the advisor to fulfill lab requirement.

**199 courses do not count as one of the 12 upper division Psychology courses towards the major