N158: Neurobiology of Learning and Memory is taught in the Fall Quarter by Professor Larry Cahill.
Dr. Larry Cahill
Prerequisite: BIO SCI 35 or BIO SCI N110
Course Objective:
How the brain and behavior change as a result of experience, with an emphasis on identifying the neurochemical processes through which memory is stored and the parts of the brain that are involved.
Sample Syllabus:
| # | Topic |
| 1 | Introduction – What are we studying? How can we study it? |
| 2 | Sime History of the Field |
| 3 | Habituation, Sensitization |
| 4 | LTP |
| 5 | Cognition versus Robots: Tolman vs. Hull |
| 6 | Global Amnesia in Humans, the Famous HM |
| 7 | Animal Models |
| 8 | Imaging “Declarative” Memory |
| 9 | Cerebral Cortex, Category Specific Amnesia |
| 10 | MIDTERM |
| 11 | Compartmentalization |
| 12 | “Procedural” Memory |
| 13 | Consolidation |
| 14 | Emotion and Memory – Learning/Performance Distinction |
| 15 | Emotion and Memory |
| 16 | Emotion and Memory |
| 17 | What’s New? |
| 18 | Grabbag |
| 19 | Grabbag, Review for Final |
| 20 | FINAL |