PSY 340 (BSC 340) Brain and Behavior Lecture Notes

	Module 6: Development & Plasticity of the Brain
Fri Feb 25	~~Class 15: Development of the Brain~~ (Cancelled, Snow Day)
Mon Feb 28	Class 15: Development of the Brain NOTES [Outline]
Wed Mar 02	Class 16: Plasticity After Brain Damage NOTES [Outline]
	Module 7: Vision
Fri Mar 04	Class 17: Visual Coding NOTES [Outline]
Mon Mar 07	Class 18: Parallel Processing in the Visual Cortex [Outline] Notes for this class [pdf format] Summary diagram on Visual Processing [pdf format]
	Module 8: Wakefulness & Sleep
Wed Mar 09	Class 19: Rhythms of Waking and Sleeping NOTES [Outline]
Fri Mar 11	Class 20: Stages of Sleep & Brain Mechanisms; Sleep Disorders NOTES [Outline]
	March 14-18 Spring Break
Mon Mar 21	Class 21: Why Sleep? Why REM? Why Dreams? NOTES [Outline]
Wed Mar 23	Test #2 on Modules 5, 6 & 7 (not Module 8)

	Module 9: Reproductive Behaviors
Fri Mar 25	Class 22: Sex and Hormones NOTES [Outline]
Mon Mar 28	Class 23: Variations in Sexual Behavior NOTES [Outline]
	Module 10: Emotional Behaviors
Wed Mar 30	Class 24: What is Emotion? NOTES [Outline]
Fri Apr 01	Class 25: Attack & Escape Behaviors NOTES [Outline]
Mon Apr 04	Class 26: Stress & Health NOTES [Outline]
Wed Apr 06	Class 27: Complete Mod 10/Test Review
Fri Apr 08	Test #3 on Modules 8, 9, & 10

	Module 11: Learning & Memory
Mon Apr 11	Class 28: Learning, Memory & Memory Loss; Alzheimer's Disease NOTES [Outline]
Wed Apr 13	Class 29: The Hippocampus & the Striatum NOTES [Outline]
	Easter Break • April 14-18 (Thu-Mon)
	Module 12: Cognitive Functions
Wed Apr 20	Class 30: Lateralization of Function NOTES [Outline]
Fri Apr 22	Class 31: McGilchrist's The Master and His Emissary (The Divided Brain) NOTES
Mon Apr 25	Class 31a: Encouraging Mental Health (Dolphy Day)
Wed Apr 27	Class 32: Evolution & the Physiology of Language NOTES [Outline]
	Module 13: Psychological Disorders
Fri Apr 29	Class 33: Diagnosing Mental Disorders NOTES [Outline]
Mon May 02	Class 34: Schizophrenia NOTES [Outline]
Wed May 04	Class 35: Mood Disorders NOTES [Outline]
Fri May 06	Class 36: Complete Psychological Disorders
Mon May 09	Class 37: COVID-19: Some Neuropsychological and Neurobiological Findings [pdf format] Review for Test #4 (Last Class) Via Zoom

	Module 1: The Major Issues in Biopsychology: General Introduction
Wed Jan 19	Class 01: General Introduction to Course • NOTES [OUTLINE] for First Day of Class
Fri Jan 21	Class 02: The Biological Approach to Behavior • NOTES [OUTLINE]
Mon Jan 24	Class 03: The Genetics of Behavior * NOTES [OUTLINE]
	Module 2: Nerve Cells and Impulses
Wed Jan 26	Class 04: Cells of the Central Nervous System [ppt] [pdf version of PowerPoint 11 pgs.] you should probably download the pdf version of the PPT to print out, but you can also download the whole PPT
Fri Jan 28	Class 05: Neural Impulse (a) [ppt] [pdf version of PowerPoint 7 pgs.] you should probably download the pdf version of the PPT to print out, but you can also download the whole PPT
Mon Jan 31	Class 06: Neural Impulse (b) • NOTES [OUTLINE] Some helpful YouTube videos on neurons (nerve cells) and neural impulses
	Module 3: Synapses
Wed Feb 02	Class 07: The Concept of the Synapse • NOTES [OUTLINE]
Fri Feb 04	Class 08: Chemistry of Synaptic Communication, Neurotramitters, Hormones • NOTES [OUTLINE]
Mon Feb 07	Class 09: Synapses, Drugs, & Addiction (Substance Abuse) • NOTES [OUTLINE]
	Module 4: Anatomy of the Nervous System
Wed Feb 09	~~Class 10: Structure of the Vertebrate Nervous System~~ (Cancelled, Instructor Illness)
Fri Feb 11	Class 10: Structure of the Vertebrate Nervous System • NOTES [OUTLINE]
Mon Feb 14	Class 11: The Cerebral Cortex (a) • NOTES [OUTLINE]
Wed Feb 16	Class 12: The Cerebral Cortex (b) [no new Notes; finish up Class 11]
	Module 5: Research Methods & Networks of the Brain
Fri Feb 18	Class 13: Research Methods in Neuropsychology • NOTES [OUTLINE] (NOT on Test #1, but on Test #2)
Mon Feb 21	Test #1 on Modules 1-4
Wed Feb 23	Class 14: Networks of the Brain NOTES [Outline]