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Seminar- Neuroscience of Reward, Motivation and Addiction

Fall 2024

Details

Credit

3

Mode

In Person

Component

Seminar

Meets

In Person September 3, 2024 - December 10, 2024

Instructors

David Moorman

Description

The subject of this course is the neuroscience of reward, motivation, and addiction. The course will cover a number of topics including neural systems controlling motivation and reward-seeking, how natural reinforcers and drugs of abuse influence brain function, and the neural and behavioral plasticity underlying addiction. Course structure will consist partly of lectures and partly of student presentations and interactive discussion in a guided journal-club style format.

Eligibility


Open to Senior and Junior Psychology majors only.

Dates

Start Date

September 3, 2024

End Date

December 10, 2024

Subject Details

Subject Description

Psychological & Brain Sciences

Subject

PSYCH

Catalog Number

391RM

Class Number

33757

Catalog Details

Course ID

116162

Section

01

Academic Career

UGRD

Meeting

Tu Th 10:00AM 11:15AM Morrill III Room 317

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