Last updated: January 27, 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
Mon Feb 09	Class 11: The Cerebral Cortex (a)
Wed Feb 11	Class 12: The Cerebral Cortex (b) [complete]

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