PSY 340 (BSC 340) Brain and Behavior Lecture Notes

	Module 6: Brain Development
Fri Feb 23	Class 16: Development of the Brain • NOTES [OUTLINE]
Mon Feb 26	Class 17: Plasticity After Brain Damage • NOTES [OUTLINE]
	Module 7: Vision
Wed Feb 28	Class 18: Visual Coding • NOTES [OUTLINE]
Fri Mar 01	Class 19: Parallel Processing in the Visual Cortex • [Outline] NOTES & NOTE ON EARLY EXPERIENCE Summary Diagram
	Module 8: Wakefulness & Sleep
Mon Mar 04	Class 20: Rhythms of Waking and Sleeping • NOTES [OUTLINE]
Wed Mar 06	Test #2 on Modules #5-6-7
Fri Mar 08	Class 22: Stages of Sleep & Brain Mechanisms; Sleep Disorders • NOTES [OUTLINE]
	March 11-15 Spring Break
Mon Mar 18	Class 23: Complete Stages of Sleep & Brain Mechanisms...
Wed Mar 20	Class 24: Why Sleep? Why REM? Why Dreams? • NOTES [OUTLINE]
	Module 9: Reproductive Behaviors
Fri Mar 22	Class 25: Sex and Hormones • NOTES [OUTLINE]
Mon Mar 25	Class 26: Variations in Sexual Behavior • NOTES [OUTLINE]
Wed Mar 27	Class 27: Complete Variations in Sexual Behavior
Fri Mar 29	Good Friday: No Class
Mon Apr 01	Easter Monday: No Class
	Module 10: Emotional Behaviors
Wed Apr 03	Class 28: What is Emotion? • NOTES [OUTLINE]
Fri Apr 05	Class 29: Attack & Escape Behaviors • NOTES [OUTLINE]
Mon Apr 08	Class 30: Stress & Health • NOTES [OUTLINE]
Wed Apr 10	Class 31: Complete Emotional Behaviors
	Module 11: Learning & Memory, Language
Fri Apr 12	Class 32: Learning, Memory, & Memory Loss: Alzheimer's Disease • Scharoun Slides (18 pp) • Hevern NOTES
Mon Apr 15	Test #3 on Modules #8-9-10
Wed Apr 17	Class 34: The Hippocampus & the Striatum • Scharoun Slides (12 pp) • Hevern NOTES
Fri Apr 19	Class 35: Continue 34...
Mon Apr 22	Class 36: Lateralization of Function • Scharoun Slides (19 pp) • Hevern NOTES
Wed Apr 24	Class 37: McGilchrist's Master and His Emissary (The Divided Brain) • Notes from Instructor
Fri Apr 26	Class 38: Evolution & the Physiology of Language • NOTES [Outline]
	Module 12: Psychological Disorders
Mon Apr 29	Class 39: Diagnosing Mental Disorders • NOTES [Outline]
Wed May 01	Class 40: Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders & Psychosis • NOTES [Outline]
Fri May 03	Class 41: Mood Disorders • NOTES [Outline]
Mon May 06	Class 42: Mood Disorders (cont'd)

	Module 1: The Major Issues in Biopsychology: General Introduction
Wed Jan 17	Class 01: General Introduction to Course • NOTES [OUTLINE] for First Day of Class
Fri Jan 19	Class 02: The Biological Approach to Behavior • NOTES [OUTLINE]
Mon Jan 22	Class 03: The Genetics of Behavior • NOTES [OUTLINE]
	Module 2: Nerve Cells and Impulses
Wed Jan 24	Class 04: Cells of the Central Nervous System [ppt] [pdf version of PowerPoint 11 pp..] you should probably download the pdf version of the PPT to print out, but you can also download the whole PPT if you want to
Fri Jan 26	Class 05: Neural Impulse (a) [ppt] [pdf version of PowerPoint 7 pp.] you should probably download the pdf version of the PPT to print out, but you can also download the whole PPT if you want to
Mon Jan 29	Class 06: Neural Impulse (b) • NOTES [OUTLINE] Some helpful YouTube videos on neurons (nerve cells) and neural impulses
	Module 3: Synapses
Wed Jan 31	Class 07: The Concept of the Synapse • NOTES [OUTLINE]
Fri Feb 02	Class 08: Chemistry of Synaptic Communication, Neurotramitters, Hormones • NOTES [OUTLINE]
Mon Feb 05	Class 09: Synapses, Drugs, & Addiction (Substance Abuse) • NOTES [OUTLINE]
	Module 4: Anatomy of the Nervous System
Wed Feb 07	Class 10: Structure of the Vertebrate Nervous System • NOTES [OUTLINE]
Fri Feb 09	Class 11: The Cerebral Cortex (a) • NOTES [OUTLINE]
Mon Feb 12	Class 12: The Cerebral Cortex (b) [no new Notes; finish up Class 11]
	Module 5: Research Methods
Wed Feb 14	Class 13: Research Methods in Bio/Neuropsychology • NOTES [OUTLINE]
Fri Feb 16	Class 14: Complete Class 13 materials
Mon Feb 19	Test #1 on Modules 1-4 (but NOT on Module 5)