Undergraduate | LTU-PSY1BNB | 2024
Introduction To Behavioural Neuroscience 1B
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- No ATAR needed,
- No prior study
- Duration
- 12 weeks
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$0
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About this subject
On successful completion you will be able to:
- Develop and apply an understanding of key areas of neuroscience to human and animal behaviour.
- Identify and use appropriate information sources in behavioural neuroscience to support oral and written arguments.
- Assess common methodologies and experimental outcomes in key areas of behavioural neuroscience.
- Develop logical, well supported and appropriately referenced written arguments and conclusions based on empirical evidence.
- Sensory Systems
- Motor Systems
- Hormones
- Body Homeostasis
- Learning and Memory
The ability to sense and respond to our environment is critical to the survival of all living things, from the simplest of single celled organisms right up to complicated animals like us. In this subject, you will explore how we sense our environment, and how our brains use this information to guide behaviour. You will focus on four broad areas; first, you will investigate the senses, smell, taste, vision, hearing, and touch. Then, you will learn how hormones affect multiple body systems to get us ready to act on our environment. Next, you will learn about the internal processes that keep our bodies working efficiently. Finally, you will uncover the mechanisms of learning and memory. This subject consists of self-guided online lessons and timetabled workshop classes. It is typically taken by students in their first year.
- Individual Oral Presentation (750 word equivalent) (20%)
- Online topic quizzes (1500 word equivalent) (40%)
- Individual Laboratory Report (1500 words) (40%)
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0.125 EFTSL
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Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following degrees
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UndergraduateLAT-PYS-DEG
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UndergraduateLAT-ART-DEG
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