12:30-2PM or by appointment Teaching Assistant: Maria Corbett email: mcorbet1@fau.edu Course Objectives This is an upper level undergraduate course which is intended to present the fundamental biological principles of psychobiology/behavioral neuroscience to science undergraduate students. This course will cover the concepts of cellular and structural anatomy and physiology of the nervous system; the neurotransmitter systems and psychopharmacology; the functional anatomy of sensory systems
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dyslexia are difficulty in the areas of speaking‚ pronunciation‚ reading fluency‚ decoding‚ comprehension‚ and word retrieval (Society for Neuroscience‚ 2012). However‚ in languages such as Finnish and Italian‚ which are more consistent in their relationship between letters and sounds‚ the only evidence of dyslexia may be slow reading (Society for Neuroscience‚ 2012). Physical differences and functional inefficiency in three areas of the left hemisphere have consistently been found in individuals
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recording of an emotional stimuli‚ the more there is of emotion‚ the more an ad is effective. However‚ it is difficult to determine how an ad taps into emotions and this is where neuroscience gets interesting for both the advertising manager and the client. By evaluating what appears engaging to someone‚ section by section‚ neuroscience enables a better understanding of why emotional ad campaigns work. Furthermore‚ as stated in the New York Times web article “Making Ads That Whisper to the Brain” written
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considerable controversy within neuroscience circles in recent times. This paper is an attempt to widen the scope of neuromarketing beyond commercial brand and consumer behaviour applications‚ to include a wider conceptualisation of marketing science. Drawing from general neuroscience and neuroeconomics‚ neuromarketing as a field of study is defined‚ and some future research directions are suggested. © 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Keywords: Neuroscience; Neuromarketing; Neuroeconomics;
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EEGLAB – AN OPEN SOURCE MATLAB TOOLBOX FOR ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL RESEARCH Clemens Brunner1 ‚ Arnaud Delorme2 and Scott Makeig2 1 2 Institute for Knowledge Discovery‚ Graz University of Technology‚ Austria Swartz Center for Computational Neuroscience‚ Institute for Neural Computation‚ University of California San Diego‚ CA‚ USA clemens.brunner@tugraz.at Abstract: EEGLAB is a widely used open-source MATLAB toolbox for analysis of electrophysiological data. Using EEGLAB‚ users can import
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of psychological problems including‚ but not limited to: depression‚ eating disorders‚ anxiety‚ panic‚ substance or alcohol abuse‚ and so on. Behavioral therapy can be described as a term for types of therapy that treat mental illnesses—it is commonly used to identify self-destructive performances and most times help change them. Both cognitive and behavioral therapies treat numerous disorders and aim to help change them. To initiate a greater understanding‚ cognitive therapy focuses on how a person
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Martínez Acosta Rodrigo 8EM3 Neuroeconomics: How Neuroscience Can Inform Economics By: Colin Camerer‚ George Loewnstein and Drazen Prelec. Resumen Abstract Übersicht Nowadays the economic science has taken elements from other sciences‚ in this case neuroscience and its studies about brain functions en human behavior have influenced directly the way where the economics studies its related phenomena. Using the brains signals we can measure how it works and how the economic decision making is
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include psychotherapy; also‚ known as “talk therapy”. Psychotherapy involves; Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is used by a therapist to restructure the mind of a traumatized person to think positively about the incident; instead of feeling guilty about what is not his fault. It is a coping skill that deals with the immediate trauma. In the case of Robert‚ cognitive behavioral therapy will help to redirect his thoughts that have made him to have extremely violent
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Giuseppe Villella. Lombroso found an unusual indentation at the base of Villella’s skull…the founding father of modern criminology” (Adrian Raine‚ April 26‚ 2013). For over a century‚ modern criminology has developed a correlation between genetics and neuroscience. Modern-day researchers examine these correlations to discover the motive for criminal behavior. In this paper‚ the relationship between Lombroso’s controversial theory and effects of the brain‚ genetics and environmental conflict highlight modern
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Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and Motivational Interviewing Leigh Lusignan Walden University CPSY 6728-4 Substance Abuse Counseling Facilitator: Dr. Natalie Spencer July 23‚ 2014 Week 8 Discussion 1 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) vs Motivational Interviewing (MI) Today‚ I will introduce the comparison between Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Motivational Interviewing (MI). The similarities and differences will be addressed regarding techniques and/or methods. In addition‚ I will explain
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