Last updated: February 25, 2026

PSY 340/BSC 340 Brain and Behavior Lecture Notes (Spring 2026) Below you will find two different kinds of materials NOTES (or POWERPOINT HANDOUTS) are the complete set of materials that I use for each individual class lecture. You should seriously consider downloading these and printing them out. [OUTLINES] or [POWERPOINTS/PPTs] are the visual (and sometimes sound) materials for a class that I will use on my computer screen and which I will talk about in each lecture. If we were holding class face-to-face, the OUTLINES or POWERPOINTS would be the material I'd be projecting on a screen in the front of the classroom. There is no need for your to download these.

	Module 1: The Major Issues in Biopsychology: General Introduction
Mon Jan 12	Class 01: General Introduction to Course • NOTES  [OUTLINE] for First Day of Class
Wed Jan 14	Class 02: The Biological Approach to Behavior • NOTES  [OUTLINE]
Fri Jan 16	Class 03: The Genetics of Behavior • NOTES  [OUTLINE]
Mon Jan 19	Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday • No class
	Module 2: Nerve Cells and Impulses
Wed Jan 21	Class 04: Cells of the Central Nervous System [ppt] pdf
Fri Jan 23	Class 05: Neural Impulse (a) [ppt] pdf
Mon Jan 26	Class 06: Neural Impulse cancelled due to snow
Wed Jan 28	Class 06: Neural Impulse (b) • NOTES [OUTLINE]
	Module 3: Synapses
Fri Jan 30	Class 07: The Concept of the Synapse • NOTES [Outline]
Mon Feb 02	Class 08: Chemical Events at the Synapse • NOTES [Outline]
Wed Feb 04	Class 09: Synapses, Drugs, & Addiction (Substance Abuse) • NOTES [Outline]
	Module 4: Anatomy of the Nervous System
Fri Feb 06	Class 10: Structure of the Vertebrate Nervous System • NOTES [Outline]
Mon Feb 09	Class 11: The Cerebral Cortex (a) • NOTES [Outline]
Wed Feb 11	Class 12: The Cerebral Cortex (b) [complete]
	Module 5: Research Methods
Fri Feb 13	Class 13: Research Methods in Bio/Neuropsychology • NOTES [Outline]
Mon Feb 16	Class 14: [complete Research Methods] & Large Scale Brain Networks • NOTES [Outline]
Wed Feb 18	Wellness Break • No Class
Fri Feb 20	Test #1 on Modules 1-4 (but not Module 5)
	Module 6: Brain Development
Mon Feb 23	Class 16: Development of the Brain • NOTES [Outline]
Wed Feb 25	Class 17: Development of the Brain (cont'd)
Fri Feb 27	Class 18: Plasticity after Brain Damage • NOTES [Outline]
	Module 7: Vision
Mon Mar 02	Class 19: Visual Coding • NOTES [Outline]
Wed Mar 04	Class 20: Parallel Processing in the Visual Cortex • NOTES [Outline]
Fri Mar 06	Test #2 on Modules 5-6-7

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