PSYE210 Brain and Behavior, Part 2
Annotation:
The Course PSYE 210 “Brain and behaviour, part 2” provides an introduction to cognitive neuroscience and neuropsychology. Students are presented with the main sensory and motor functions, as well as the most significant cognitive brain functions. Furthermore, the brain structures involved in these sensorimotor and cognitive processes are discussed. The link between the endocrine and nervous systems is also presented.
Lecturers:
Assoc. Prof. Margarita Stankova, PhD
Prof. Ivailo Tournev, DSc
Asst. Prof. Ivo Popivanov, PhD
Course Description:
Competencies:
Students who complete the course successfully will:
1) know:
The main underlying principles of the most significant sensorimotor and cognitive functions.
2)be able to
link different sensorimotor and cognitive functions, as well as their impairment, with specific brain structures and mechanisms;
Prerequisites:
Students must have completed successfully PSYE209 – “Brain and behaviour, part 1”
Types:
Full-time Programmes
Types of Courses:
Lecture
Language of teaching:
English
Topics:
Bibliography:
Main literature:
Pinel, J.P.J (2014). Biopsychology. 9-th edition, Pearson Education Inc.
Ross, J. (2012). Nervous System, 4-th edition crash course, Mosby, Elsevier
Kiernan, J.A., & Rajakumar, N. (2014). Barr's the Human Nervous System: an Anatomical Viewpoint, 10-th edition, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Supplementary literature:
Passingham, R. (2008). What is special about the human brain? Oxford Psychology Series
Kolb, B. & Whishaw, I.Q. (2009). Fundamentals of human neuropsychology. Sixth edition
Assessment:
Two tests during the semester and a presentation during one of the seminars.