PSYCH 584
Cognition, Affect, and Brain Function
Psychology
College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences
Course Description
Basic principles of cognition and affect as they relate to normal brain function and following neural disease or injury.
When Taught
Contact Department
Grade Rule
Grade Rule 8: A, B, C, D, E, I (Standard grade rule)
Min
3
Fixed
3
Fixed
3
Fixed
0
Other Prerequisites
or equivalent; or instructor's consent
Note
Contains content featured in the Graduate Record Examination (GRE).
Title
1. Brain systems and cognitive/emotional functions
Learning Outcome
Students will extend their understanding of specific brain systems and the cognitive and emotional functions correlated with those systems.Measurement: Participation in class conversation about the required reading; in-class presentations on brain function or disorders; final examination.
Title
2. Approaches to the study of the brain, research methods
Learning Outcome
Students will compare and contrast scientific approaches to the study of brain, cognition, and emotion; and describe specific structural and functional research methods.
Measurement: Participation in class conversation about the required reading; in-class presentations and writing assignments.
Title
3. Brain injury and cognitive/emotional disorders
Learning Outcome
Students will describe how brain injury can produce cognitive or emotional disorders or both and how the study of brain injury illustrates issues in the evaluation of research findings.
Measurement: Author journal article critiques, final exam, and in-class presentations.
