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 512-415 Current Topics in Behavioural Neuro.

Credit Points

12.5

HECS Band

1

Coordinator

Prof John Trinder

Semester

2 (view timetable)

Contact

On average 3 hours a week

Subject Description

The lectures will be arranged around a number of current topics within behavioural neuroscience. Examples of topics that may be covered include endocrinological effects on gender-related behaviour and cerebral lateralisation; information processing approaches to cerebral asymmetry; functional approaches to the study of sleep; the role of the amygdala and the frontal lobes in social cognition; and neuropsychological function in the intellectually gifted.

Assessment

Written work of no more than 3000 words.



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