2017-11-07 12:53:56

Emotion, stress, & reward

  • Biological perspectives on (e.g., Plutchik)
  • Acute vs. chronic stressors
  • Nodes in fear processing/stress network
  • Nodes in 'reward' network

Depression

  • Monoamine hypothesis
  • Serotonin role
  • Treatments for

Schizophrenia

  • Dopamine hypothesis
  • Glutamate hypothesis
  • Brain abnormalities

Bipolar disorder

  • Treatments for
  • How differs from/similar to depression, schizophrenia

Sensory systems

  • Topographic maps
  • Non-uniform sensitivity
  • Hierarchical processing (and thalamic relay)
  • Functional segregation

Sensory systems

  • Speed of information processing
  • Primary sensory/motor areas in cortex
  • Receptive fields

Somatosensation & pain

  • Touch, temperature, pain receptors in skin
  • Pathways to cortex
  • How pain relievers work

Brain evolution & development

  • Pre-natal milestones
  • Post-natal trends