Study Programmes 2015-2016
| PSYC4027-1 | ||
| Experimental planning in behavioral neuroscience and psychopharmacology | ||
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Duration :
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| 30h Th | ||
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Number of credits :
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Lecturer :
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| Ezio Tirelli | ||
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language | ||
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the second semester | ||
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Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
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| Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program | ||
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Course contents :
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| Two or three lectures (maximum) are initially given on the methodological and theoretical principles in the field of experimental and cognitive psychopharmacology.
The student is then asked to write a short review (report) on a recent topic pertaining to the field, describing and discussing (1) the acute/chronic behavioural, mental and (possibly) physiological effects of a class of drugs or a given drug, or (2) the behavioural, mental and (possibly) physiological effects of a given drug with contextual, environmental, social, cognitive, personnality or ontogenetic factors (mainly). |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| Intellectual independance. | ||
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Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
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| Basic knowledge in cellular neurobiology, biopsychology and experimental psychology. | ||
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| Analysis of scientific texts. | ||
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| See course content. | ||
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Recent and classical empirical papers possibly provided by the teacher. | ||
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Participation in the seminars+ oral presentation + written report. | ||
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Work placement(s) :
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| Possible. To be decided separately. | ||
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Organizational remarks :
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| None. | ||
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Contacts :
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| Idem | ||