Psy 4200: Physiological Psychology, Fall 2009

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Lecture Date

Week

Lecture Topic click for lecture notes, readings, study questions, and useful links*. 

Lab (read the handout before the beginning of the lab). 

 Assignments (due at beginning of lab)

 8/24

1

Syllabus

Neurons & Glia (Ch. 2)

Fill in this questionnaire

Color Plates 1.1 to 1.5

Introduction (Ch. 1)

8/31

2

 Memory 

Human anatomy (ch 3)

 

9/7

3

labor day (no classes)

Sheep Brain Dissection 

 

 

9/14

4

Resting & Action Potential  (Ch. 2)

Histology

 

9/21

5

Psychopharmacology (ch. 4) 

catching up & review

 

9/28

6

Exam 1

The case of the frozen addict (video)

 

10/5

7

Neuroimaging

(study guide)

Hormones & Stress

 

Strokes

"Stress, Trauma, & the Brain" (video)

10/12-16

8

Fall Break

10/19

9

Reproductive Behavior (ch. 10)

Biology of Sex & Gender (30 min video)

Why sex? (PBS video on evolution) (VT4278 VHS)

 article (Slate)

10/26

 

Vision  

Vision Lab

anatomy plate 6-6 (eye)

11/2

11

 Attention

Vision Lab, part 2

Deadline for withdrawing class 11/11

11/9

12

Exam 2  Hearing Lab anatomy plate 6-7 (ear)
Touch_Taste_Lab   
 anatomy review here!  
11/16 13 Audition Lab Exam  
Taste & Smell
11/23 14 TBA No class (thanksgiving) diego out of town 19-23 (psychonomics, sjdm)

11/30

15

Psychopathology 

Emotion FTD,

 

12/7

16

Sleep & Rhythms

nova video (13')

 review

 Wed Dec 9th, last day of classes

12/12 17 Final Exam Saturday Dec 12th 1.30-4.00 pm  

due to time constraints we may not cover these topics explicitly, although we will talk about them in the context of other topics

  Drug Abuse Effects of Alcohol and Amphetamines in rats' exploratory behavior .Instructor's Manual

 

Pain 

Crayfish neuron recording

Poster Project

  Eating (nova video) Learning and Fear Lab Media

 

language

Other resources

Current Directions In Psychology

 

 

 

 Graph and explain the effects of alcohol and amphetamines in the synaptic cleft, as seen here 

 

 Neuro&LAW

 

Print Instructions

 

 

 

 

 

anatomy plates 1-2, 1-3, & 1-4

                 

* If a link doesn't work please contact diego.fernandezduque@villanova.edu

The schedule is tentative and subject to change. Changes will be announced in class.