Higher Cortical Functions
Unit code: HET528
| Credit points | 12.5 Credit Points |
| Duration | 1 Semester |
| Contact hours | 5 Hours per Week |
| Campus | Hawthorn |
| Prerequisites | HET231 Perception and Motor Systemsor HET226 Sensory Systems |
| Corequisites | Nil |
Related course(s)
A unit of study in the Bachelor of Arts (Psychology and Psychophysiology) and Bachelor of Science (Psychology and Psychophysiology).Aims and objectives
- Review basic techniques in neuroscience research of brain and behaviour.
- Provide a knowledge of the neurophysiological and behavioural processes of motivation, memory, speech and language.
Content
- Motivation: mechanisms of eating and drinking behaviours, intracranial self-stimulation studies, nonhomeostatic behaviours.
- Memory: neuronal plasticity, psychophysiological studies and models, memory pathology and neuropsychology, connectionist models.
- Speech and language: psychophysiological models, brain laterality and language processes, disorders of speech and language.
