A seminar based course covering topics on emotional learning based on animal models of fear and anxiety disorders in humans. Through readings, presentations and writing students will explore the synaptic, cellular, circuit and behavioural basis of fear memory processing, learning how the brain encodes fearful and traumatic memories, how these change with time and developmental stage, as well as how brain circuits involved in fear processing might play a role in depression and anxiety.
[NROD60H3 if taken in Fall 2018]
Natural Sciences
Notes:
*1. Beginning in Fall 2028, PSYB06H3 will become an additional prerequisite for this course. Students planning to take this course in Fall 2028 or later must complete the PSYB06H3 prerequisite, unless they have previously completed retired courses (PSYB07H3) or (PSYC08H3).
2. Priority will be given to fourth-year students in the Specialist/Specialist Co-op programs and Major/Major Co-op programs in Neuroscience. Third-year students in these programs will be admitted as space permits.
3. Students in a Specialist/Specialist Co-op Program in Psychology, Mental Health Studies or Neuroscience may take a maximum of 1.0 PSY/NRO D-level credits. Students in a Major/Major Co-op Program in Psychology, Mental Health Studies or Neuroscience may take a maximum of 0.5 PSY/NRO D-level credits per major. Students in the Minor Program in Psychology are not typically eligible for enrolment in PSY/NRO D-level courses. PSYD98Y3/NROD98Y3 are excluded from these limits. Please see this website for full information.
*1. Beginning in Fall 2028, PSYB06H3 will become an additional prerequisite for this course. Students planning to take this course in Fall 2028 or later must complete the PSYB06H3 prerequisite, unless they have previously completed retired courses (PSYB07H3) or (PSYC08H3).
2. Priority will be given to fourth-year students in the Specialist/Specialist Co-op programs and Major/Major Co-op programs in Neuroscience. Third-year students in these programs will be admitted as space permits.
3. Students in a Specialist/Specialist Co-op Program in Psychology, Mental Health Studies or Neuroscience may take a maximum of 1.0 PSY/NRO D-level credits. Students in a Major/Major Co-op Program in Psychology, Mental Health Studies or Neuroscience may take a maximum of 0.5 PSY/NRO D-level credits per major. Students in the Minor Program in Psychology are not typically eligible for enrolment in PSY/NRO D-level courses. PSYD98Y3/NROD98Y3 are excluded from these limits. Please see this website for full information.
