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CS92PROD
Behavioral Methods in Affective Neuroscience
PSYC 392
Fall 2010
Section: 01  
This course may be repeated for credit.
Crosslisting: NS&B 392

This research methods course will teach skills in experimental design and provide students with the tools to conduct behavioral research in cognitive-affective neuroscience. Students will evaluate studies from the contemporary research literature pertaining to cognition and emotion interactions and consider implications for psychopathological disorders of affect. Methods will include the use of repeated measures anova and computer programming stimuli presentation for behavioral studies. Student will particpate in data collection by running subjects during the semester and will be exposed to the ways these methods can be integrated with neuroimaging studies.

Essential Capabilities: Logical Reasoning, Quantitative Reasoning
Students will develop skills in quantitative reasoning and logical reasoning as they are taught methods for psychopathology, learn to evaluate the literature in affective neuroscience and participate in behavioral methods to study cognition-emotion interactions.

Permission of instructor approval will be granted by the instructor during pre-registration through their Electronic Portfolio. Click "Add to My Courses" and "To request a POI electronically, click here" to submit your request. Completion of PSYC251 OR NS&B213 OR BIOL213 OR PSYC240 OR QAC201/PSYC280, along with reason(s) for wanting to enroll should be noted in this request.
Credit: 1 Gen Ed Area Dept: NSM PSYC
Course Format: LaboratoryGrading Mode: Graded
Level: UGRD Prerequisites: None
Fulfills a Requirement for: (NS&B)(PSYC)
Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available

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