Handbook

This course will provide an advanced coverage of major systems of the brain and how they are involved in both normal and abnormal functioning.  The course will also cover theoretical models of the aetiology and neural mechanisms of clinical pathologies (such as anxiety, depression, addiction, psychosis and aggression) and cognition, and the research evidence supporting them.  Research methods in Clinical and Cognitive Neuroscience, including experimental, analogue, genetic, imaging, longitudinal and epidemiological studies will be covered to outline the strengths and limitations of these techniques.  The course will consider both normal and abnormal functioning from the perspective of neuroscience, and will therefore also expand and deepen your understanding of human experimental psychology and its neural basis, including behaviour, cognition, emotion and development.