PSY 340 Brain and Behavior • Video & Other Online Resources

January 26, 2023

PSY 340 Brain and Behavior
Video & Other Online Resources

Topic
Resources

General Research

Google Scholar

PsycINFO (major APA database of psychology research)

PsycARTICLES (all APA published articles since 1988)

PsycBOOKS (Le Moyne link)

Wikipedia

Scholarpedia (peer-reviewed, open-access encyclopedia)

General Neuroscience
& Biopsychology

Kimball's Biology Pages: An online textbook of all things biological with an enormous amount of information about neuroscientific topics

Nerve Cells and Impulses
Neuroscientifically Challenged (YouTube Channel): 2-minute explanations of neuroscience topics

The Neuron

Membrane Potential

Sodium-Potassium Pump

Action Potential

Synaptic Transmission

Myelin

Neurotransmitters
Substance Abuse
Transport Mechanisms within the Neural Cell

The basic mechanisms of neuronal traffic (Hoogenraad lab at the Utrecht University, YouTube, 4'24"). Illustrates the axon, the microtubules of a neuron, the transport of synaptic vesicles to the presynaptic terminal)

Incentive Salience/Sensitivity Theory of Dopamine

Kent Berridge outlines the major elements of and evidence for this theory (YouTube, 2013, 12 min.)

Consciousness, Sleep & Dreaming
Neuroscientifically Challenged (YouTube Channel): 2-minute explanations of neuroscience topics

Pineal Gland

Emotion Research on Emotion Theory: The Hostile & Violent Prone (David W. Harrison, Virginia Polytechnic Institute)

Lecture from Sept. 2020 (1 hr. 16 min) on the neuroscience of emotion and application to medical and psychological issues such as heart disease and metabolic syndrome

This page was first posted January 25, 2022

Topic	Resources
General Research	Google Scholar PsycINFO (major APA database of psychology research) PsycARTICLES (all APA published articles since 1988) PsycBOOKS (Le Moyne link) Wikipedia Scholarpedia (peer-reviewed, open-access encyclopedia)
General Neuroscience & Biopsychology	Kimball's Biology Pages: An online textbook of all things biological with an enormous amount of information about neuroscientific topics
Nerve Cells and Impulses	*Neuroscientifically Challenged* (YouTube Channel): 2-minute explanations of neuroscience topics The Neuron Membrane Potential Sodium-Potassium Pump Action Potential Synaptic Transmission Myelin
Neurotransmitters Substance Abuse	Transport Mechanisms within the Neural Cell The basic mechanisms of neuronal traffic (Hoogenraad lab at the Utrecht University, YouTube, 4'24"). Illustrates the axon, the microtubules of a neuron, the transport of synaptic vesicles to the presynaptic terminal) Incentive Salience/Sensitivity Theory of Dopamine Kent Berridge outlines the major elements of and evidence for this theory (YouTube, 2013, 12 min.)
Consciousness, Sleep & Dreaming	*Neuroscientifically Challenged* (YouTube Channel): 2-minute explanations of neuroscience topics Pineal Gland
Emotion	Research on Emotion Theory: The Hostile & Violent Prone (David W. Harrison, Virginia Polytechnic Institute) Lecture from Sept. 2020 (1 hr. 16 min) on the neuroscience of emotion and application to medical and psychological issues such as heart disease and metabolic syndrome