- The student has a deep understanding ofbehavioral studies and the read-out of their parameters
- The student can formulate a successful design for a behavioral neuroscience study within the topics covered
- The student can analyze and discuss recent literature within the field of behavioral neuroscience
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Behavioral neuroscience unravels the functioning of the brain in relation to the subjects behavior. It is a broad research field that covers both animal and human studies and ranges biological to pathophysiological situations. All behavior, irrespective of its function can be characterized in three stages, or phases: (i) sensation of an external stimulus, (ii) perception of the stimulus and (iii) action towards a behavioral outcome befitting the initial input. During this course we will cover these three phases using both animal and human experimental paradigms.
Apart from background lectures students will study recent research articles. Journal club discussions of these articles will focus on experimental design: Can all conclusions be justified following the experimental design?
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