Psychology 326 - SEM:BIOPSYCHOLOGY

Topics course. How does experience get "under the skin" to influence health, physiology, and behavior? This seminar explores how environmental factors become biologically encoded across the life-course. Topics include prenatal origins of adult disorders, endocine disruption and behavior, and aspects of the physical and social environments that impact outcomes from depression to longevity. We will critically examine biomarkers used as proxies of experience including hormone levels, markers of cellular aging, inflammation, and epigenetic regulation of the genome. Prerequisites: a 200-level course in biopsychology or neuroscience, and an introductory biology course, or permission of the instructor.. Enrollment limited to 12.

Topic: Environmental Origins. Instructor Permission. Not open to first-years, sophomores