An examination of the relationship of the human brain to disruptions in thought, mood, motor control, and personality. Coverage provided to neuropsychological assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of a variety of human conditions due to brain injury, epilepsy, Parkinson's disease, Korsakoff's syndrome, Alzheimer's disease, multiple sclerosis, Huntington's disease, schizophrenia and depression. The fundamentals of brain anatomy and methods of brain research necessary to understand the course topics are presented. Learning and Motivation. A survey of the general as well as uniquely human principles of learning and motivation.
Consideration is given to the relationship between learning and motivation.
Brain and Behavior. An orientation to the physiological and pharmacological basis of learning, memory, sleep, motivation, emotion, and behavior disorders. Basic brain anatomy, physiology, and pharmacological and research techniques are presented as background for the above issues. Survey of motivational concepts applicable to animal and human behavior. Psychological drives, learned incentives, brain mechanisms, and human social cognitive motivations are emphasized.