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PSYC309 Human Neuropsychology

Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study
Armidale Semester 1 Off Campus
Armidale Semester 1 On Campus
Online level Level C - Internet access required
Intensive School(s)
Start Finish Attendance Notes
19 April 2008 21 April 2008 Mandatory
Supervised Exam There is a UNE Supervised Examination held at the end of the teaching period in which you are enrolled.
Pre-requisites 12 cp in Psychology at 200 level and PSYC 202 or equivalent
Co-requisites
Restrictions
Notes None
Combined Units None
Coordinator(s) Graham Jamieson (gjamieso@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

This course deals with the anatomical, functional and dynamic organisation of the brain as it relates to the fundamental domains of human behaviour and experience. Students will be introduced to recent methods for the study of functional neural activity at a systems level. Step by step logical thinking and clear spoken and written communication will be practiced in lively discussion and actual experiments. The course will provide a bridge from traditional neuroscience to the emerging discipline of cognitive neuroscience. Finally we will consider one of the greatest problems in the history of science, the nature of consciousness and its place in the universe, an answer to which may be within our grasp.

Prescribed Material
Mandatory

Text(s):

Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material

Writing for Psychology
ISBN: 9780170107853
O'Shea, R.P., Thomson 4th ed. 2002
Note: Students who purchased O'Shea prior to 2007 will use O'Shea for the rest of their degree unless they choose to purchase 'An Interactive Approach to Writing Essays and Research Reports in Psychology' by Burton - ISBN 9780470811238.
Fundamentals of Human Neuropsychology
ISBN: 9780716753001
Kolb, B. and Whishaw, I.Q., Worth Publishers 5th ed. 2003
Recommended Material
Optional
None
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
   

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