Browse Hierarchy PSYC5004: Biological Psychology

This module will build on the topics encountered in Introduction to Biological Psychology and focuses on the study of the biological basis of human behaviour, relating actions and experiences to genetics and physiology. It will cover topic areas including sleep, emotion, language, memory, and schizophrenia. The module will also discuss biological research methods such as brain imaging techniques (for example PET, fMRI, EEG), physiological recording, and the study of brain-damaged patients. The aim of the module is to enable students to reach a sufficient level of understanding of biological psychology to be capable of critically evaluating theory and method in published research. The module explores in detail how psychological processes can be examined at the level of biological processes of the nervous system and provides an historical perspective on the advances in brain science.