Subject Database

Subject Code:	PSY1BNB
Subject Short Title:	INTRODUCTION TO BEHAVIOURAL NEUROSCIENCE 1B
Credit Points:	15
Subject Description:	Behavioural neuroscience has developed by linking knowledge and techniques from a number of traditionally biological and medical disciplines to the knowledge and techniques of the behavioural sciences in general, and psychology in particular. Among the disciplines critical to an understanding of the relationship between behaviour and biological processes are physiology, genetics, pharmacology, anatomy, endocrinology, and immunology, especially as these pertain to brain processes. This knowledge is applied in PSY1BNB to allow us to explain how hormonal changes, sensory information, developmental principles, nutrition, and biological rhythms all influence behaviour, as well as how behaviour influences the brain.
Quota Size:	497
Class Requirements:	three 1-hour lectures and one 3-hour laboratory class per week
Work Experience Indicator:	Student is not undertaking work experience in industry
Available to 'Study Abroad' students:	Y

Assessment:

Assessment Type	%	Comments
one-oral poster presentation	10
one 1,000-word laboratory report	20
one 2-hour examination	50
one 1,000-word work book	20	Students are required to attend 75% of laboratory sessions.

Readings:

Reading Type	Title	Author	Publisher
Prescribed	Biological psychology: An introduction to behavioral, cognitive and clinical neuroscience	Breedlove, SM, Watson, NV, & Rosenzweig, MR, 2010	6th ed. Sunderland, MA: Sinauer Associates, Inc.

Subject Coordinator: Mr Matthew Hale

Subject Availability
ALBURY-WODONGA
	Semester 2, Day. Mr Matthew Hale (M.Hale@latrobe.edu.au)
BENDIGO
	Semester 2, Day. Mr Matthew Hale (M.Hale@latrobe.edu.au)
BUNDOORA
	Semester 2, Day. Mr Matthew Hale (M.Hale@latrobe.edu.au)