This seminar course will focus on the brain bases of pleasure and reward and their role in human psychology. We will examine how different aspects of pleasure and reward are implemented in the human brain, and how they contribute to various psychological phenomena such as self-disclosure, attachment, altruism, humour, and specific forms of psychopathology.
NROD60H3 if taken in Fall 2021 or Fall 2022
Natural Sciences
Priority will be given to fourth-year students in the Specialist/Specialist Co-op programs and Major/Major Co-op programs in Psychology and Mental Health Studies, the Specialist/Specialist Co-op programs in Neuroscience - Cognitive Stream, and the Major/Major Co-op programs in Neuroscience. Third-year students in these programs will be admitted as space permits. Third-year students in these programs will be admitted as space permits. 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.
