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PSY1BNB is the second semester of Introduction to Behavioural Neuroscience in the School of Psychological Science. The first semester unit placed an emphasis on understanding how the cells of the nervous system function and communicate with each other. This knowledge is applied in PSY1BNB to allow us to explain how hormonal changes, sensory information, developmental principles, memory and nutrition all influence behaviour, as well as how behaviour influences the brain. 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. Students seeking an understanding of behavioural neuroscience need a minimum level of knowledge of the basic facts of neurophysiology, genetics, psychopharmacology, neuroanatomy, neuro- and general endocrinology, and a minimum level of appreciation of the techniques associated with these disciplines. These basic skills will then be applied in the context of a range of psychological issues such as learning and memory, motivation, perception, individual differences in intelligence and personality, and various psychological pathologies.
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