College of Chemistry Course Guide

PSYCH 117 - Neuropsychology (3 Units)

(Taken from the UC Berkeley Course Guide)

Course Overview

Summary

This course covers the neural substrates of human behavior including: neuroanatomy, major methods in human brain research (EEG, MEG, PET, MRI, fMRI, TMS, Optical Imaging), neurological disorders resulting in neurobehavioral disorders (i.e. stroke, brain tumor, epilepsy, dementia) and classic neuropsychological syndromes (i.e. amnesia, aphasia, agnosia, executive control, emotional control).

Prerequisites

Recommended: MCB C61/PSYCH C61 or PSYCH 110, or MCB 161

PSYCH N117 is an equivalent class taught in the summer

Workload

Time Commitment

2 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week.




UC Berkeley Course Guide