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Neuroscience and Human Behavior: Week 6

Week 6

Week 6 Objectives

Vision

Rx Bricks - Required

Nolte's The Human Brain

Human Behavior

Rx Bricks - Required

TBL Readings - Read BEFORE Session

TBL - Neurocognitive Disorders

UPDATED 3/27/2024

Rx Bricks - Required

Recommended:

Ch 5 Major Neurocognitive Disorders IN: Kaplan & Sadock's Pocket Handbook of Clinical Psychiatry
Ch 6 Major or Minor Neurocognitive Disorder Due to Another Medical Condition (Amnestic Disorder) IN: Kaplan & Sadock's Pocket Handbook of Clinical Psychiatry

DSM-5 Diagnostic Criteria for the following:

Recommended: Nolte's The Human Brain

Chapter 13 - The Chemical Senses of Taste and Smell
Chapter 23 - Drives and Emotions: The Hypothalamus and Limbic System
Chapter 24 - Formation, Modification, and Repair of Neuronal Connections
Chapter 22 - Section - Neocortical Areas Are Specialized for Different Functions
stop before The Corpus Callosum Unites the Two Cerebral Hemispheres
Chapter 22 - Section - Consciousness and Sleep Are Active Processes
stop at Suggested Readings
Chapter 24 - Section - Multiple Memory Systems Depend on Adjustments of Synaptic Strength
stop after The Cerebellum Is Important for Some Forms of Nondeclarative Memory

Recommnended

Ch 15 The Visual System IN: Lippincott's Illustrated Reviews: Neuroscience

Neuroscience of Clinical Psychiatry

Sugggested:

Chapter 15 - Sleep

Andreasen & Black Introductory Textbook of Psychiatry

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Chapter 12 - Sleep-Wake Disorders
pages 313-342
Chapter 20 - Behavioral, Cognitive, and Psychodynamic Treatments
pages 519-540

Kandel & Schwartz Principles of Neural Science

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WL 102 P9547 2013, Reserve Core, 2nd floor Information Desk

Chapter 25 - The Constructive Nature of Visual Processing
pages 556-576
Chapter 26 - Low-Level Visual Processing: The Retina
pages 577-601
Chapter 27 - Intermediate-Level Visual Processing and Visual Primitives
pages 602-620
Chapter 28 - High-Level Visual Processing: Cognitive Influences
pages 621-637
Chapter 47 - The Autonomic Motor System and the Hypothalamus
pages 1056-1078
Chapter 48 - Emotions and Feelings
pages 1079-1094
Chapter 60 - Language
pages 1353-1372
Chapter 65 - Learning and Memory
pages 1441-1460
Chapter 66 - Cellular Mechanisms fo Implicit Memory Storage and the Biological Basis of Individuality
pages 1461-1486