420P Brain And Behavior (4)
The class will explore current and sometimes contradictory theories and
evidence for the interaction of biological and psychosocial processes in such
areas as gender differences, the experience of pain, addictive behaviors, and
diseases such as depression, heart attack, rheumatoid arthritis and anorexia.
Students and instructor will also briefly examine the organization of the
triune brain, neurologic accidents, the range of tools currently used in
diagnosis and treatment of mind-body diseases, and raise some of the bioethical
issues these problems engender. Methods will include lecture, discussion,
readings, films, oral class presentations, papers and exams. Prerequisite: One
course in biology and/or psychology. Summer