HIGHER BRAIN FUNCTION

Credit Hours: 3 · Graduate Course URL: www.ruf.rice.edu/~neurosci

Aspects of systems' neuroscience related to higher brain function: (1) role of limbic system in higher brain functions, (2) role of the extended amygdala and the mesolimbic system in reward and addiction, (3) discussion of human brain processes including decision making, goal directed learning and representation of self and others. Course taught at Baylor College of Medicine. Instructor Permission Required. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for NEUR 578 if student has credit for NEUR 378.