Psychology 359f - Seminar:Biological Bases of Behavior:Memory and Cognitive Processes

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Mount Holyoke College

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Description:

This seminar will explore the biological bases of memory and cognitive processes. Students will gain an understandingof how the nervous system acquires, stores, and retrieves memory.Concepts studied will include characteristics of short-term andlong-term memory; models of perception, attention, and memory;and disorders that affect memory and cognition such as amnesiaand Alzheimer's disease. Meets Social Sciences III-A requirement R. Polewan Prereq. Psychology 250; 4 credits

Credits:

3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.mtholyoke.edu

Phone Number:

(413) 538-2000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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