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On completion of this module students should be able to:
- Identify and describe the key questions that drive cognitive and behavioural neuroscience research
- Understand and be able to differentiate between the main techniques that psychologists use to probe these questions
- Demonstrate knowledge of the major functions of a range of brain areas.
- Describe the relationship between the brain and behaviour in typical functioning and in neuropsychological disorders.
The brain and the nervous system
The big questions in affective, behavioural and cognitive neuroscience
How the brain interacts with the world
- sensation and perception
- the motor system
Higher levels of interaction
-Attention and consciousness
-Memory
-Sleep
Motivated behaviours
-decision making
-emotion
-social perception & cognition
Disorders of brain and behaviour
- traumatic brain injury
- neurodegenerative disorders
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 18 |
Specified Learning Activities | 18 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 70 |
Total | 106 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Multiple Choice Questionnaire: In class MCQ | Week 7 | n/a | Alternative linear conversion grade scale 40% | Yes | 40 |
Examination: Final 1-hour exam. Short answer questions. |
1 hour End of Trimester Exam | No | Standard conversion grade scale 40% | No | 60 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Summer | Yes - 1 Hour |
• Online automated feedback
Feedback for the online MCQ's i Students will receive feedback in Bright-space with respect to what questions they did not answer correctly.