| Course Title: Seminar in Biological Bases of Behavior: 'Development, Environment, and Brain Plasticity' |
| Start Date: 01/24/2022 End Date: 05/09/2022 |
| Term: Spring Semester 2022 |
| Description: How is the brain shaped by our environment? How do everyday experiences affect how we process and experience the world? This course explores the mechanisms of plasticity within the brain from conception through adulthood and the factors that influence them. The course will include topics such as the effects of environmental toxins on the brain, reorganization of the brain following injury, how traumatic events impact neurotransmitter systems, and how these changes affect behavior. In doing so this course will cover developmental, structural, functional and chemical plasticity. |
| Distribution(s): III - Social Sciences , WI - Writing-Intensive , TP - Topics Course |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate     | Credits:4.00     |
| Faculty         | Phone         | Email address         |
| Jane Couperus   |           | jcouperu@mtholyoke.edu   |
| Meeting Dates         | Method         | Meeting days         | Meeting times         | Building name         | Room     | Frequency     |
| 01/24/2022 - 05/09/2022   | Seminar   | Tuesday and Thursday   | 11:30AM - 12:45PM   | REES - Reese   | 304   | Weekly |
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| Prereq: PSYCH-204. | Take previously   | Required   |
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| Section status: Closed     | Capacity: 15     | Enrollment: 15     | Available: 0     | Waitlist: 0 |
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| No book purchases are required/recommended for this class. |           |           |
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