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PSYC309 Cognitive, Affective and Social Neuroscience

Updated: 07 January 2010
Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study Online Level
Armidale Semester 2 Off Campus D - Comp/internet essential
Armidale Semester 2 On Campus D - Comp/internet essential
Intensive School(s)
Start Finish Attendance Notes
14 September 2010 16 September 2010 Mandatory
Supervised Exam There is a UNE Supervised Examination held at the end of the teaching period in which you are enrolled.
Pre-requisites 12cp at 200 level in PSYC and PSYC202 or equivalent or 18cp in PHYS or candidature in BMed or BBioMed
Co-requisites None
Restrictions None
Notes None
Combined Units None
Coordinator(s) Graham Jamieson (gjamieso@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

This unit 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 unit 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.
Materials Text information will be published prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Disclaimer Offer of some subjects is subject to viability. Information in these unit descriptions is subject to change prior to commencement of semester.
Assessment
Title Exam Length Weight Mode No. Words
Online Exercises 20%
Assessment Notes
Online exercises
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
GA: 1, 2 and 6 LO: 1-4
Report 30% 2000
Assessment Notes
Laboratory report
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
GA: 1, 2 and 6 LO: 5
Final Examination 2 hrs 50%
Assessment Notes
Multiple choice questions and short essay
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
GA: 1, 2, 6 LO: 1-4

Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. understand the overall organisation of functionally specialised anatomical regions within the human central nervous system which mediate core psychological processes;
  2. understand the basic physiology of intra and inter neuronal communication and its role in the integration and breakdown of higher order mental processes;
  3. be familiar with basic approaches to how brain activity is dynamically organised as an integrated system;
  4. be familiar with current research technologies for studying functional interactions within the human brain;
  5. conduct, communicate and critically assess basic research into the relationship between brain, behaviour and experience.

Graduate Attributes (GA)
Attribute Taught Assessed Practised
1 Knowledge of a Discipline
Knowledge of cognitive neuroscience will be taught in lectures, study notes and readings, practised in tutorial and online exercises, and assessed via the assignments and the exam. 		True True True
2 Communication Skills
Students will be assessed on the style of writing, clarity of writing, expression and development of ideas, and referencing in writing their report. Communication skills are assessed in all assessment tasks. 		True True True
4 Information Literacy
Students will use BlackBoard as their primary learning interface. Students are encouraged to develop research skills in collecting and evaluating data, including the skills to assess the utility of information, identify the most useful sources of information and critically examine those sources. 		False False True
6 Problem Solving
The quizzes, assignment and exam require complex problem solving skills which are taught and practised through the unit. 		True True True
   

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