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Note to Villanova students enrolled in PSY 4200: If you are looking for the course materials, you are in the wrong place (you should look in blackboard). This is a page from Fall 2012 and has now been discontinued (it still has lots of interesting material, but it is not the webpage for my current version of the course). Physiological Psychology, Fall 2012 |
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Do you want to learn more? Try these terrific online courses for free |
| Human Behavioral Biology, Robert Sapolsky, Stanford U. (can also be found via Stanford itunes) |
| Basic & Clinical Neuroscience, Columbia U. Medical School (2007) |
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Lecture Date |
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Lecture Topic click for lecture notes, readings, study questions, and useful links*. |
Labs (& supplemental lectures) |
Reminders |
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8/27 |
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Introduction (Ch. 1) |
read Bloom's presidential column | ||||||
| watch episode 1 of Phantoms in the brain (parts 1, 2, 3, 4) | |||||||||
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9/3 |
2 |
labor day |
Brain & Neuronal Structure (Ch. 2) |
Color Plates 1.1 to 1.5, and 3.1 | |||||
| listen to NPR's story on lobotomy (additional bonus material here) | |||||||||
| Friday 7th, 2 pm. Talk by Ahmed H. Zewail (Nobel Prize): "Revolutions in Science and Society," (Villanova Room, Connelly Center) (more here) | |||||||||
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9/10 |
3 |
Resting & Action Potential (Ch. 2) |
Histology | watch TED neuroscience | |||||
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9/17 |
4 |
Hormones & Stress | Action Potential recording in cockroaches | watch Stress part of "Stress, Trauma, & the Brain" (video(QP376.S77.2004) | |||||
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9/24 |
5 |
Neuroimaging (ch 5) |
Human anatomy (ch 3) |
Color Plates: 3.3 to 3.7, 5.1, 5.3 to 5.6, 7.1, 7.2 |
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10/1 |
6 |
Psychopharmacology (ch. 4) |
Human anatomy (cont'd) |
listen to NPR's brain bases of pleasure (David Linden) |
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| Drug Abuse | |||||||||
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10/8 |
7 |
Midterm Exam |
Evolution (ch. 1) |
REQUIRED watch Sapolsky lecture #2, 26 minutes (from minute 4 to minute 30) |
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| REQUIRED read Sapolsky's bugs in the brain | |||||||||
| OPTIONAL read Dennet's genetic determinism | |||||||||
| OPTIONAL read Gould's dinosaur brain | |||||||||
| OPTIONAL read Gould's neoteny | |||||||||
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10/15 |
8 |
Fall Break |
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10/22 |
9 |
eye dissection |
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10/29 |
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Vision | Vision Lab | anatomy plate 6-6 (eye) | plates 8-1, 8-2 | ||||
| watch TED visual plasticity | watch optical illusions talk at TED | listen to NPR story on binocular vision and plasticity | |||||||
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11/5 |
11 |
vision (cont'd) | anatomy plate 6-7 (ear) | ||||||
| read about tinnitus | |||||||||
| read about itching | |||||||||
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11/12 |
12 |
Anatomy review | Lab Exam click here to review | why people pee their pants when scared? Slate (optional) | |||||
| 11/19 | 13 | SJDM | No class (thanksgiving) | The case of the frozen addict (video) (optional) | |||||
| 11/26 | 14 | Audition | Hearing Lab | Why does ketchup taste so good? (required) | Why does asparagus pee smells funny? (article, pop press) (optional reading) | ||||
| Taste & Smell lab watch Sci Am supertasters | |||||||||
| Blind Braille reading (video, optional) | |||||||||
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12/3 & 12/10 |
15 &16 |
Sheep Brain Dissection | What makes us human? (Sapolsky) | history of the rat maze (optional reading) | |||||
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optional |
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Sleep &Rhythms |
nova video (13') |
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Self-control (marshmallow task): A short video, a NewYorker article, and a commentary on the fMRI study | ||||
| t3pps | |||||||||
| nausea & classical conditioning (Gawande) | |||||||||
| 12/12 | 17 | Wednesday Review | |||||||
| Final Exam Saturday Dec 15th 1.30 - 4.00 pm | |||||||||
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due to time constraints we may not cover these topics explicitly, although we will talk about them in the context of other topics |
Effects of Alcohol and Amphetamines in rats' exploratory behavior | .Instructor's Manual | |||||||
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| How to know if someone is a man or a woman (Slate) (optional) |
Why Sex? (5parts) (required) |
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| remembering what matters (Sci Am video) (required) | Fatherhood (required) | ||||||||
| personality in monkeys SciAm | Sex Advice (required) | ||||||||
| Biology of Sex & Gender (30 min video)(required) | |||||||||
| Eating (nova video) | Learning and Fear Lab | VIDEOS | |||||||
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Graph and explain the effects of alcohol and amphetamines in the synaptic cleft, as seen here |
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Psychopathology
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anatomy plate, somatosensory (8-1, 8-2) |
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| Pain |
ERP lab |
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| Sensory Systems Taste & Smell | Reproductive Behavior | ||||||||
* 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.