North carolina neuroscience graduate programs

Includes sensory information processing, motor execution, peripheral and central mechanisms of pain. Permission of the department required.

Developmental Neurobiology. A survey of nervous system development emphasizing detailed analysis of selected research topics such as neuronal induction, neural crest development, neuronal differentiation, synapse formation, neurotrophic factors, glial development, and the effects of experience.

Experimental Neurophysiology. Six or more laboratory hours a week. Translational Seminar in Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience. Introduces new neuroimaging techniques and their application to the study of neural correlates of cognitive and behavioral impairments in brain disorders. Reviews the theories and research methodologies that investigate how brain functions support and give rise to mental operations such as attention, memory, emotions, social cognition in the healthy brain.

Diseases of the Nervous System. Explores the basic neurobiology and the clinical aspects of a range of diseases of the nervous system, including ALS, Alzheimer's, autism, schizophrenia, multiple sclerosis, deafness, epilepsy, pain, brain tumors, stroke, Parkinson's, and other neurodegenerative diseases. Sensory Neural Information Processing and Representation. This course aims to provide the knowledge one may need to understand the reach of microscopy imaging techniques, to be able to choose the right imaging modality, label the sample, carry out the experiment, analyze data, troubleshoot any pitfalls that may occur, and put together a custom optical setup.

Biological Concepts. Overview of structures and biological determinants of conditions and diseases of the oral cavity. Both growth and development and pathophysiology will be introduced in the context of three areas of oral biology: biology of extracellular matrices, host-pathogens interactions, and orofacial neurobiology. Neurocircuits and Behavior Journal Club. This is journal club course will meet once per week for 90 minutes to discuss new research papers focused on delineating how neurocircuits function to orchestrate various behavioral states.

Papers for discussion will be chosen by the instructor and students, and students will rotate in leading discussions. Seminar in Chemical Neurobiology. Required preparation, two semesters of biochemistry.

The purpose of this course is to provide both practical and theoretical training in advanced data analysis approaches commonly used in neuroscience research. Making biological insights into complex neuroscience data requires familiarity with computer programming, distributed computing, visualization, and statistics. This course aims to provide an introduction to these analysis techniques to make the aspiring neuroscientist comfortable with data science. Neurodevelopmental Basis of Brain Disorders.

The intent of this course is to present latest advances in developmental neuroscience in the context of this theme. This seminar examines the topics of genetics, neuroanatomy, physiology, and behavioral development to provide a broad-based and integrated background to understand the etiology and potential mechanism underlying neurodevelopmental disorders.

Clinical Syndromes and Neurodevelopmental Disorders. This seminar will review the epidemiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of neurodevelopmental syndromes and disorders. Topics will range from single gene e. Learning modern day techniques and approaches to convey scientific results effectively as a public speaker. Teaching how to implement the key aspects of effective presentation of scientific findings in public settings.

Understanding the key components of an effective public talk including scientific content, body language, and voice. Learning how to captivate the target audience and yet still convey data driven scientific findings. Seminar in Comparative Animal Behavior. Advanced seminar in comparative animal behavior. May be repeated for credit. Repeat rules: May be repeated for credit; may be repeated in the same term for different topics. Seminar in Comparative Physiology.

Advanced seminar in comparative physiology. Requisites: Prerequisite, BIOL ; permission of the instructor for students lacking the prerequisite. Special Topics in Neurobiology. Special topics in neurobiology. Content will vary from semester to semester. Special Topics in Physiology. Individually arranged in-depth programs of selected topics such as membrane function, transport physiology, renal physiology, etc. Neuroscience Seminar Series.

Diverse but current topics in all aspects of neuroscience. Content focuses on presentations by invited, non-UNC faculty, UNC faculty and mini-series presentations from current Neuroscience students. Research in Neurobiology. Research in various aspects of neurobiology. Six to 24 hours a week. Master's Research and Thesis. Course is designed to certify that the students have achieved a high level of knowledge competence in clinical and basic neurosciences, without the rigorous research experience required of a Ph.

Doctoral Research and Dissertation. Contact unccatalog unc. Search Catalog Search. Popularity, Friendship, and Peer Relations. Mania and Depression. The social, developmental, and biological contributions to mania and depression are examined, as well as the impact of these moods on the brain, creativity, relationships, quality of life, and health. PSYC and recommended but not required.

This course will provide students with a comprehensive overview of the etiology and treatment of addiction, along with exposure to real-life stories of addiction.

Psychological Archival Data Science. This course addresses techniques in answering new questions with existing data. Students will learn about data from multiple perspectives: different data source and types, intended audiences, and visualization, analysis, and presentation formats. This will make students more savvy consumers as well as producers of data. Clinical Research: Design, Analyze, Disseminate. In this project-based course, students work with a community partner to identify a clinical research question related to our understanding and treatment of psychological health and human behavior.

Using an iterative method reflective of working in a psychology research lab, students collaborate with one another and community partners to develop hypotheses, to prepare and analyze data, to propose interpretations of data, and to present their results to the public. Design and Interpretation of Psychological Research. Emphasis on the methodological principles underlying experimental and correlational research. Interaction of theory and practice in the design and interpretation of psychological studies.

This is a course-based undergraduate research experience CURE. Tests and Measurement. Basic psychometric theory underlying test construction and utilization.

Detailed study of issues and instruments used in assessing intellectual functioning, educational progress, personality, and personnel selection. Quantitative Psychology. This course examines the science of quantitative psychology. Topics include the analysis of data, the design of questionnaires, and the assessment of psychological attributes, among others.

The General Linear Model in Psychology. Consideration of multiple regression and the general linear model in psychological research, including hypothesis testing, model formulation, and the analysis of observational and experimental data. Introduction to Computational Statistics. Introduction to programming and the implementation of statistical techniques. Topics include data manipulation, graphical procedures, writing loops and functions, data simulation, use of regular expressions, and scraping data from the web.

Applied Machine Learning in Psychology. As opposed to hypothesis-driven data analysis, machine learning takes an exploratory and predictive approach to data analysis. This course introduces machine learning approaches in psychology to identify important variables for prediction and uncover complex patterns in datasets, such as nonlinearity, interactions, or clusters.

Classes include theoretical lectures and hands-on examples. Social Cognition. Theory and research in social psychology, which explores the cognitive processes underlying social phenomena. Specific topics covered include attributions, emotions, automaticity, heuristics, self, goals, stereotyping, expectancies, social motives, and others. Interpersonal Relationships. PSYC Recommended. This advanced course will comprehensively cover the social psychological literature on normally-developing interpersonal relationships, with implications for relationships with family, friends, co-workers, and romantic partners.

This is a research-intensive course with a major aspect involving an independent research project to facilitate learning by doing. Stereotyping, Prejudice, and Discrimination. PSYC recommended. Examines the determinants, functions, processes, and consequences of stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination. Prospects for change are considered. Class presentations and participation required. Attitude Change. A detailed consideration of the theoretical issues in attitude and belief change.

Research in Positive Psychology. This advanced course in positive psychology is research intensive and intended as a capstone for majors in psychology. Majors only. Practical Wisdom from Advanced Social Psychology.

Surveys cutting-edge research across the field of social psychology and how it matters for everyday life. Clear communication of research also emphasized through figures, presentations, and papers. The Social Psychology of Self-Regulation. An intensive review of self-regulation theory and research, focusing on the cognitive, motivational, and affective processes involved in goal commitment, monitoring, and overriding behavioral responses.

An in-depth examination of psychological research and theory pertaining to the influence of gender on the lives of men and women. In general, emphasis will be placed on understanding gender as a social psychological construct.

Psychology of Women and Gender. This course will discuss theories, methods, and empirical research findings on the physical, cognitive, emotional, and social aspects of the psychology of women, as well as topics such as feminist psychology, intersectionality, bias in psychological research, sexual orientation, sexuality, lifespan development, work, and health.

Men and masculinity, the psychology of transgender persons, and a critique of the gender binary are also discussed. Science of Moral Understanding. Each of us is committed to our moral values and often struggle to understand those who with different beliefs.

This course will focus on difficult moral disagreements e. We will cover both theory and application, and practice having constructive dialogue and civil disagreement to forge moral understanding. Gen Ed: PH. Positive Psychology. This course examines positive psychology, also called the science of thriving.

One basic premise of positive psychology is that thriving individuals and thriving communities require the presence and interplay of positive emotions, positive relationships, and positive meaning. A second basic premise is that thriving does not result simply by curing pathology and eliminating problems. Rather, thriving requires building and capitalizing on human strengths and capacities.

Students will apply course concepts in their everyday lives. Psychology and Law. Examines the legal system from the perspective of psychology methods and research, with a focus on criminal law. Discusses dilemmas within the law and between the legal system and psychology. Evolutionary Psychology. Major topics of general psychology are examined from an evolutionary perspective with an emphasis on empirical studies asking why much current human behavior and experience would have been adaptive for our early ancestors.

PSYC H. Honors in Psychology I. Required preparation, cumulative GPA of 3. To be taken in the fall of the last year of studies as the first course in the two-semester honors sequence. Students conduct research under the direction of a faculty advisor and receive classroom instruction in research-related topics.

Honors in Psychology II. Admission to the psychology honors program required. To be taken as the second course in the two-semester honors sequence. Graduate standing required. A survey of psychological and biological approaches to the study of sensory and perceptual information processing, with an emphasis on touch and pain. A survey of psychological and biological approaches to the study of basic learning and higher integrative processing.

Each fall one special topic will be covered in depth e. Format includes lectures and seminar meetings with student presentations. Applications of Experimental Psychology to Health Research. Behavioral Pharmacology. Basic principles of pharmacology and behavior analysis are considered in relation to drugs that affect the central nervous system.

Requisites: Prerequisite, PSYC ; permission of the instructor for students lacking the prerequisite. Examinations of the clinical efficacy, side effects, and neuropharmacological actions of drugs used in the treatment of behavioral disorders. Additional topics include the behavioral and neuropharmacological actions of drugs of abuse. Research Design and Statistics in Neuroscience. Limited to graduate students in psychology, neuroscience, and neurobiology.

Hands on data analysis with you being able to use your own data sets. Permission of the instructor. Repeat rules: May be repeated for credit. Seminar in Theoretical-Experimental Psychology. Lectures, discussions, and seminar presentations on current topics in experimental psychology. Seminar in Experimental Health Psychology.

An in-depth treatment of research topics in behavioral and biological aspects of health psychology. Research Seminar in Addiction Science I. Graduate standing in psychology required.

Students design and conduct a supervised research project and engage in critical discussion of research performed by other students and faculty.

This course provides an overview of what the field of human neuroscience has revealed about neural structure and function with an eye to examining individual differences. Current knowledge about the neural mechanisms supporting cognitive and emotional function will be investigated in depth through chapters, review articles, and empirical studies.

Cognitive Neuroscience. This course will highlight recent research regarding the cognitive and neural architecture of human memory or attention, with the emphasis placed on studies using cognitive neuroscience methods e. Seminar in Cognitive Psychology. Discussion and critical evaluation of various theories of thinking; theories of concept formation, problem solving, and reasoning. Professional Development for Careers in Research. This course covers research strategies, research collaboration, giving talks, writing review papers, writing research reports, the peer-review editorial process, the grant-proposal process, the academic job search process, and nonacademic career.

This course will introduce the major issues in attention research and highlight recent work examining the neural mechanisms of attention and its interactions with other cognitive and social-cognitive processes. Cognitive Aging. This course examines theories of human cognitive aging and how these theories seek to explain age-group differences in various domains of cognitive functioning e.

This seminar addresses the mental processes underlying human's ability to use language at a number of levels. Specific topics vary. Seminar in Cognitive Psychology - Human Memory. Selective overview of topics in the study of human memory.

Course will examine the findings from laboratory research to gain a better understanding of memory structure and organization. Research Seminar in Cognitive Psychology. Students conduct a supervised research project in cognitive psychology, and participate in discussion of current research and related ethical and methodological issues. Advanced Cognitive Development. This course covers the development of attention, perception, learning, memory, thinking, and language, beginning in infancy and covering the life-span from both information processing and Baldwin-Piaget approaches.

Advanced Social Development. Current thinking and research relevant to social, emotional, and personality development across the life span. Topics include parent-child interaction, peer relations, aggression, competence, sex roles, and gender differences. Developmental Psychology: Methodology I. Philosophical and sociological perspectives on research in developmental psychology, with specific applications to ongoing projects.

As announced. The purpose of this course is to provide an introductory knowledge base of ethical and professional issues that guide the field of Psychology, with specific focus on the field of Developmental Psychology. Developmental Psychobiology. Provides an introduction to psychobiological research, focusing on early development in animals.

Topics include embryology, developmental neurobiology, the development of sensory and communication systems, and social behavior. Advanced Family Theory and Research. Research related to family processes, especially regarding the developmental consequences of varying family environments on children.

Faculty in this program develop and use cutting edge genetic, cellular, molecular, behavioral, and imaging technology to understand how brain forms and functions. Our program has outstanding courses, broad training in scientific communication skills, and diverse research areas to pursue during rotations and dissertation research. Currently we have 61 core faculty. Skip to main content. Submit Search.