PSYC5587 · Psychology
Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences
The goal of the course is to describe how changes in activity and the composition of single cells contribute to motivated behavior. Behaviors to be covered include but are not limited to: fear and anxiety, reward learning, addiction, feeding, pair bonding, and aging. The bulk of the reading and lecture materials will come from the primary literature and an extensive neuroscience background is required. As such this course is targeted for graduate students and only the exceptional undergraduate.
Course experience
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Organization
4.9 / 5
How well the course was organized
Challenge
5.0 / 5
How intellectually challenging students found it
Attendance
4.9 / 5
How necessary attendance was
Assignments
4.8 / 5
How helpful assignments were
Weekly effort
~3
hours per week
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Across time
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Fall 2023
1 sectionSpring 2021
1 section