PSYCHOLOGY 260 1: BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE Jane Adams, Ph'D'

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PSY 360 Behavioral Neuroscience (formerly Psy
260) 1130 1245 TTh McCormack 1st Flr Rm
409 Professor Jane Adams, Ph.D. Research area
prenatal influences on brain development and
behavior developmental neurotoxicology Ph.D.
New Mexico State University Post-docs National
Center for Toxicological Research MA Mental
Health Center and Childrens Hospital Boston
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Name Major Prerequisite biology course or Psy
105 Email If you will not regularly check
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What do you hope to learn about?
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Office Hours Tues and Thurs right after class
until 145 Office Location Room 270 - 4th
floor of the McCormack building. Email contact
jane.adams_at_umb.edu Phone [phone]
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• Resources
• Text Biological Psychology (5th Edition), 2007,
  by Rosensweig, Breedlove, Watson
• Also Assigned Readings
• Course Requirements
• 4 exams 100 pts each multiple choice,
  fill-in-the-blank, listing, short answer, essay
• Makeups only with medical excuse all makeups are
  essay format.
• 1 paper 50 pts
• Papers based on 4-5 articles that I assign.
• 2 sets to choose from 1st one has re-write
  option. Dates on syllabus.

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• Class webpage
• contains syllabus
• contains lecture notes from Power Point slides
• assigned articles
• instructions for other assignments (papers
  extra credit)
• links to other resources, etc

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• Papers must be written in APA format
• applies to article citations in text
• applies to format of the reference list
• webpage has a link describing format

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Grading system 450 pts total need 268 to
pass. 268/450 .5955 A .93-1.00 C .78-.79 A-
.90-.92 C .72-.77 B .88-.89 C- .70-.71
F lt .60 B .82-.87 D .68-.69 B- .80-.81 D .62-.6
7 D- .60-.61
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• Extra Credit Option
• may earn up to 6 extra pts (no more) by
  completing individual assignments valued at up to
  3 pts (quality determines pts earned)
• explanatory paragraphs related to class content
• may help you on the essay questions or other
  exam content
• can increase your grade at end by 1 step
• Also, attendance will be checked on 3 random
  occasions. Those present earn 1 point.

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Disability Services Through the Lillian Semper
Ross Center for Disability Services various aids
such as sign language interpreting, readers,
testing accommodations, counseling, etc. are
available to qualified students. For more
info., contact the Ross Center on the second
floor of the Campus Center (287-7430) as soon as
possible.
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Academic Integrity Academic Dishonesty includes
cheating in any form on an exam or any
assignment. Ex plagiarizing a paper (copying
from any source without quotes and referencing is
plagiarizing), paraphrasing other students work,
copying during an exam, etc. A grade of 0 will
be given for the exam or assignment. Bathroom
breaks during exams are chaperoned - sorry.
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• Policy for Incomplete Grade Assignment
• student must have completed at least 50 of
  course requirements
• student must have earned a passing grade on
  completed work
• student must sign a contract indicating how and
  when incomplete work will be completed
• contract must be signed by student, me, and
  department chair

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• In your lifetime you may expect
• treatments that facilitate growth of new brain
  tissue or bodily nerves
• real treatments for neurological diseases and
  injuries that replace dysfunctional tissue with
  healthy tissues
• immunotherapies that prevent addiction
• gene insertion/deletion therapies that change
  your own genetics

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• How do behavioral neuroscientists study the
  relationships between the structures of the
  nervous system and the behaviors they mediate?
• somatic intervention - alter neuroanatomy or
  neurophysiology and measure the change in
  behavior
• - insert a gene and see if the animal gets
  smarter the Doogie Mouse)
• - give a drug and observe changes in behavior
• behavioral intervention - alter behavior and
  then measure changes in neuroanatomy or
  neurophysiology via imaging or tissue analysis
• - train on a new task and watch how brain
  changes
• - require exercise and look at brain changes
• correlation - relate existing physical
  characteristics to behavioral characteristics
  (neuroanatomy genetics neurochemistry)
• - in individuals with Parkinsons Disease, look
  at history of exposure to pesticides

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• 5 Viewpoints that Aid Understanding in Behavioral
  Neuroscience
• Use of behavioral descriptions (pianists and
  motor control areas)
• Use of biological descriptions (smaller brain
  area altered ability)
• Use of evolutionary explanations -continuity of
  biology and behavior across species adaptive
  differentiations across species (adaptive
  value Fat)
• Use of understanding of developmental changes in
  nervous system and behavior (developmental
  vulnerability to insult fetus but not mom)
• Use of knowledge applied to improving the health
  and well-being of humans and other animals