Bio 48: The Mind-Body Connection in the Neuroscience of Well-Being is taught in Winter Quarter by Professor John Guzowski.

 

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Course Objective:

Explores research that provides insight into how exercise, diet, sleep, contemplative practices such as mindfulness and meditation, and contemporary psychological therapeutic approaches alter brain function in beneficial ways to promote positive mental health well-being.

Sample Syllabus:

1 Module 1: Neuroscience of wellbeing, Overview
2 Module 1: Neuroscience of wellbeing, Overview
3 Module 2: Cellular neurobiology
4 Module 2: Cellular neurobiology; Module 3a: Systems
Neurobiology, Structure and neuromodulators
5 Module 3b: Systems neuroscience: Imaging and brain network dynamics
6 Module 4: Experimental design and model systems
7 Module 5: Neural plasticity, learning, and memory
8 Module 5: Neural plasticity, learning, and memory
9 Module 6: Stress systems & emotions
10 EXAM I
11 Module 7: Exercise & brain function
12 Module 8: Sleep & brain function
13 Module 9: Interactions between gut, diet, microbiome, and brain
14 Module 10: Buddhist psychology of the mind
15 Module 11: Mindfulness & meditation
16 Module 11: Mindfulness & meditation
17 Module 12: Cognitive behavioral therapies
18 Module 12: Cognitive behavioral therapies
19 Module 13: Psychological pillars of wellbeing
20 Module 13: Psychological pillars of wellbeing
21 EXAM II