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2018-2019 Supplemental Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2018-2019 Supplemental Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

PSY 4340 - Psychobiology of Memory

Credits: 3 hrs
This course will consider recent efforts to understand the cognitive and neural foundations of memory through understanding of functional neuroimaging methods as well as through experimental studies. Students will survey the literature on the psychobiology of memory. Content will include the cognitive and biopsychological literatures on the organization of memory, and an overview of the applications of neuroimaging to the study of memory and cognition. Discussion will focus on the implications of recent investigations of the relationship between memory and substance abuse, and the influence of memory on trauma and psychopathology.
Pre-requisite(s): PSY 1301  or upper level status