PSYCHOLOGY 649

Seminar in Behavioral Neuroscience:

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Spring, 1999

INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Grau

OFFICE: Psychology 206

OFFICE HOURS: Tuesday/Thursday, 2-3:30

WWW: http://GrauLab.TAMU.EDU/J-Grau/Psyc649.html

1/25

Behavioral methodology and mechanisms of learning

Readings: Hearst, 1988

2/1

The nervous system and the tools of neuroscience

Readings: Kandel et al., chpts. 2, 19, & 20; Zigmond et al., chpts. 6, 7, & 9

2/8
Learning without a brain

2/15
Synaptic plasticity: LTP and LTD

2/22
Motor learning: Spinal cord systems

3/1
Motor learning: Brainstem and cerebellum

3/8
Fear and the amygdala

3/22
Pain modulation

3/29
Stress and psychoneuroimmunology

4/5
Pleasure, appetitive reinforcement and addiction

4/12
Relational learning, memory, and the hippocampus

4/19
Cortical processing and the attributes of memory

4/26
Biologically constrained connectionist models of learning

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1/25	Behavioral methodology and mechanisms of learning Readings: Hearst, 1988
2/1	The nervous system and the tools of neuroscience Readings: Kandel et al., chpts. 2, 19, & 20; Zigmond et al., chpts. 6, 7, & 9
2/8	Learning without a brain
2/15	Synaptic plasticity: LTP and LTD
2/22	Motor learning: Spinal cord systems
3/1	Motor learning: Brainstem and cerebellum
3/8	Fear and the amygdala
3/22	Pain modulation
3/29	Stress and psychoneuroimmunology
4/5	Pleasure, appetitive reinforcement and addiction
4/12	Relational learning, memory, and the hippocampus
4/19	Cortical processing and the attributes of memory
4/26	Biologically constrained connectionist models of learning