Psychology 227 - Colloquium: Brain, Behavior and Emotion

Colq:Brain, Behavior&Emotion

Spring
2024
01
4.00
Mikaela Laine

TU TH 9:25 AM - 10:40 AM

Smith College
PSY-227-01-202403
Bass 203
mlaine@smith.edu
What are feelings? How and when do you feelings occur? Why do feelings occur? In this course students learn what makes emotions what they are, and how they guide one through life. The syllabus covers decades of affective neuroscience, the study of how the brain perceives, processes and produces emotions, as well as evolutionary and cross-cultural aspects. The class explores how (and why) researchers study emotions in different species, and what the current state of knowledge is regarding the neuroscience of specific emotions like joy, fear and sadness. Prerequisites: PSY 100 and PSY 130, or NSC 210 and PSY 202, or equivalent. Enrollment limited to 25.
Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.
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