Lecture (LEC)

• TOPIC : Interventions & Evaluation
• Prerequisites: PSY-P324 or permission of the instructor
• Half of above class reserved for senior Psychological and Brain Sciences majors.
• Half of above class reserved for senior Clinical Psychological Science majors

Topic: Psy interventions & evaluation

Lecture (LEC)

• Prerequisite: PSY-P 326 or PSY-P 346
• ++Students must avoid Final Exam conflicts-See Exam Schedule
• Topic: Neuroscience Literacy
• It is also recommended for students to have taken: Math-M211, BIOL-L211, CHEM-C117, and PHYS-P202
• 26% to 75% of the instruction is provided through asynchronous online or synchronous live video instruction. The remainder of the instruction is provided through traditional face-to-face instruction. Regular on-campus meetings are required.

Topic: Neuroscience literacy

Lecture (LEC)

• Topic: Advances in Molecular, Cellular and Circuit Mechanisms of Addiction
• Prerequisites: PSY-P 346
• ++Students must avoid Final Exam conflicts-See Exam Schedule
• Above class meets with PSY-P 657
• It is highly recommended that students have taken: BIOL-L 211 or BIOL-S 211; and CHEM-C 117, CHEM-H 117, CHEM-J 117, or CHEM-S 117.
• Above class meets second eight weeks only

Topic: Adv in mol cel circ mech addic

The major objective of this course is to introduce this paradigm shift in our knowledge on the molecular, cellular and circuit mechanisms of addiction. To achieve this objective, we will focus on some of the most exciting original discoveries of the field from the last three years. We will study recent scientific breakthroughs about the organization and functional logic of dopamine signaling in the context of addiction. We will learn about the progress in our understanding of how cannabis, opioids, ethanol, nicotine, psychostimulants and psychedelics act in the brain. We will discuss new advances on how neurodevelopmental insults, stress and genomic alterations contribute to substance use disorders. Finally, we will become familiar with a completely unexpected new treatment avenue for addiction that may have the potential to alter the current treatment landscape. The course will be provided in a seminar format. Students will be required to prepare for the classes with the help of mandatory reading materials. After a general introduction given by a student (Presentation), a scientific publication introducing a major new discovery will be discussed together in a journal club format (Class Activity). Students will learn about how the specific study aims to fill a major gap in our knowledge. The current state-of-the-art neuroscience methods will be introduced and explained. The data and the figures will be analyzed together in a rigorous manner. Finally, students will discuss whether the study accomplished its major objective, will evaluate potential limitations of the study and will propose the most important next steps for the specific research area.

Lecture (LEC)

• Prerequisite: PSY-P 337 or PSY-P324
• Topic: Mindfulness as Therapeutic Tool
• ++Students must avoid Final Exam conflicts-See Exam Schedule
• Above class reserved for Psychological and Brain Sciences majors

Topic: Mindfulness as a therapeutic

Recent years have seen mindfulness skyrocket in popularity, starring in everything from corporate leadership trainings and the front covers of wellness magazines to psychotherapy interventions. This upper-division seminar will introduce you to the science and practice of mindfulness as a therapeutic tool. You will get the chance to peek behind the curtain of the top 5 empirically-supported mindfulness-based psychotherapies: (1) Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (MBSR), (2) Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), (3) Mindfulness-based Relapse Prevention (MBRP), (4) Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and (5) Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and gain an understanding of what these therapies look like in practice as well as some of the proposed mechanisms by which they work to promote change. In each class, you will have the opportunity to learn from your own experience as you practice some of the evidence-based mindfulness techniques we are studying. We will explore the evidence base for how mindfulness affects physical health and psychological wellbeing, including touching on neuroscientific findings showing mindfulness training can result in long-term beneficial changes to the brain's activation patterns and even structure. You will learn about specific psychological disorders, including depression, anxiety, addiction, and borderline personality disorder, and the clinical science indicating mindfulness-based therapies can help alleviate these conditions. This course is for the clinical scientists and psychotherapists of tomorrow, and also for anyone who is just curious and ready to dive in and learn what the mindfulness hype is all about.

Lecture (LEC)

• Prerequisite: PSY-P 346
• ++Students must avoid Final Exam conflicts-See Exam Schedule
• Above class reserved for Psychological and Brain Sciences majors
• Topic: Themes and Concepts in Animal Behavior
• Above class meets with P657 & ABEH-A401

Topic: Theme & concpt animal behavior

Lecture (LEC)

• Prerequisite: PSY-P 346 or PSY-P 329 or permission of instructor
• ++Students must avoid Final Exam conflicts-See Exam Schedule
• Class will meet in the atrium of the Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art at 1133 E. Seventh Street Bloomington, IN 47405-7509
• Above class reserved for Psychological and Brain Sciences majors
• Topic: Art and the Brain
• Meets with P657 and SOAD-U 401

Topic: Art & the brain

Lecture (LEC)

• Prerequisite: PSY-P 346
• ++Students must avoid Final Exam conflicts-See Exam Schedule
• Above class reserved for Psychological and Brain Sciences majors
• Topic: Sleep & Sleep Disorders

Topic: Sleep & sleep disorders

This is the only course dedicated to sleep in the entire Indiana University system. This course covers the basics of sleep, sleep regulation, sleep across the lifespan, and sleep disorders. Sleep is a multidisciplinary field ranging from basic genetics to epidemiology, anthropology, and sociology. Sleep has also become a hot topic for influencers who frequently lack back expertise or holistic understanding of sleep. Compared to other psychology courses, you may find a greater emphasis on biology, physiology, and medical disorders. We will engage with this material through reading (primarily the textbook Sleep Science by Dr. Hawley Montgomery-Downs), lecture, discussion, in-class activities, and a semester-long group project. Your grade will be determined by your completion of a quiz for each reading, your in-class work, and your individual contributions to the group project. Most class meetings will include a quiz on the reading, lecture, and some in-class activities.

Lecture (LEC)

• Topic: The Neural Language of Music Perception
• Prerequisite: PSY-P 346
• Above class reserved for Psychological and Brain Sciences majors
• ++Students must avoid Final Exam conflicts-See Exam Schedule

Topic: Neural lang of music percep

Music is a universal way of communicating emotions. Music¿s ability to communicate and modulate emotions is so powerful that it is even used in cognitive therapy for an array of psychological and neurological disorders. What are the neural mechanisms that make music enjoyable? Music has always been as natural and integral part of social interactions as speech. What makes music understanding universal? What are the common properties of music and language perception? What are the neural mechanisms that allow us to perceive and comprehend speech and to appreciate music? In this course we will examine the physical characteristics of the natural sounds in speech and music and what neural mechanisms mediate their perception. We will discuss the emerging insights into the mechanisms of the brain perception of the key music characteristics, such as pitch, harmony, rhythm, and timbre. We will illustrate the use of those characteristics by composers with recordings and live demonstrations involving faculty and students from the Jacobs School of Music. We don¿t strive to come up with complete answers, but rather to provoke thought, to trigger questions and appreciation of the complexity and beauty of neurological mechanisms that contribute to the artistic and cognitive abilities of the human species.

Lecture (LEC)

• Topic: Metacognition
• Prerequisite: PSY-P 335, or permission of instructor
• ++Students must avoid Final Exam conflicts-See Exam Schedule
• Above class meets with P657

Topic: Metacognition

Lecture (LEC)

• Topic: Aesthetics and Psychology
• Prerequisite: PSY-P 335, or permission of instructor
• ++Students must avoid Final Exam conflicts-See Exam Schedule

Topic: Aesthetics and psychology

In this discussion-centered course, we will focus on reading from a collection of writings from various researchers discussing the nature of aesthetics and its research. Alongside these readings, we will also occasionally read research articles related to the topics at hand. Our readings will span philosophical, psychological, and neuroscience perspectives of how we can understand aesthetics and what it means.

Lecture (LEC)

• Prerequisite: PSY-P 337 or PSY-P324
• Topic: Diagnosis and Treatment of Eating Disorders
• ++Students must avoid Final Exam conflicts-See Exam Schedule
• Above class reserved for Psychological and Brain Sciences majors

Topic: Diag & treat eat disorders

This course will serve as a deep dive into three empirically-supported treatments for eating disorders: Family Based Therapy for Childhood Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa, Interpersonal Therapy for Eating Disorders, and Enhanced Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for the Transdiagnostic Treatment of Eating Disorders. We will begin the semester by reviewing the current diagnostic criteria for anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, and other unspecified disordered eating behaviors. This course will operate like an upper-level seminar and will include a high level of small and large group discussions, numerous projects, and in-class skill practice. Please note that we will approach the diagnosis and treatment of eating disorders from an empirical lens. If you have a personal history with an eating disorder or are current struggling with disordered eating and will find it difficult to engage with the course material in a scientifically-rigorous manner, now may not be the best time to take this class.

Lecture (LEC)

• Prerequisite: PSY-P 346
• Topic: The Neuroscience of Psychedelics
• ++Students must avoid Final Exam conflicts-See Exam Schedule
• Above class reserved for Psychological and Brain Sciences majors

Topic: Neuroscience of psychedelics

We are in the midst of a ¿psychedelic renaissance¿, with a renewed and explosive growth in interest into how psychedelic drugs alter consciousness, brain function and brain connectivity, and produce enduring improvements in mental health. This course will address the neurobiological mechanisms of action of various classic and atypical psychedelic drugs, the resulting changes in brain activity, their therapeutic potential, the possible risks associated with their use, and integration of the neurobiological perspective with traditional religious, mystical, and anthropological viewpoints.

Lecture (LEC)

• Prerequisite: PSY-P 346
• Topic: The History of the Brain
• ++Students must avoid Final Exam conflicts-See Exam Schedule
• Above class reserved for Psychological and Brain Sciences majors

Topic: History of the brain

Lecture (LEC)

• Prerequisite: PSY-P 346
• Topic: Neurophysiological Basis of Brain Disorders
• ++Students must avoid Final Exam conflicts-See Exam Schedule
• Above class meets with P657

Topic: Neurophys basis brain disorder

This course will explore the functional basis of various brain disorders at cellular, synapse and circuit levels. There is an emphasis on the neurophysiological aspects of brain functions, the alteration of which leads to disorganized operation underlying clinical symptoms. Lectures will link basic neuroscience research with clinical observations aiming to understand the neurophysiological mechanisms modified in key neurological and psychiatric disorders. Examples of brain disorders that will be discussed include epilepsy, schizophrenia, depression, anxiety, PTSD, insomnia, pain-related neurological symptoms.

Lecture (LEC)

• Prerequisite: PSY-P 346
• Topic: The Neuroscience of Mood Disorders
• ++Students must avoid Final Exam conflicts-See Exam Schedule
• Above class reserved for Psychological and Brain Sciences majors

Topic: Neuroscience of mood disorders

This course provides an in-depth exploration of the neurobiological mechanisms underlying mood disorders. Mood disorders are mental health conditions that primarily affects an individual's emotional state. We will explore depression and its subtypes, bipolar disorder and its subtypes, premenstrual dysphoric disorder, and disruptive mood dysregulation disorder. We will investigate mood disorders through multiple neuroscience lenses including clinical, preclinical, systems, cellular and molecular neuroscience, as well as from an environmental and cultural perspective. This course is set up as half lecture and half seminar-style involving class discussion, student interaction, and debate. We will utilize current and classic findings from human and non-human animal studies to drive our discussions. Key questions we are investigating in this course: - What are the current experimental models to understand mood disorders? - How do changes in structure and function of our brains contribute to mood disorders? - How does stress vulnerability and resilience impact the development of mood disorders? - How do pharmacological and behavioral interventions used in mood disorder treatment impact the nervous system?

Lecture (LEC)

• Prerequisites: PSY-P 304 or PSY-P 375
• Topic: Aggression in Close Relationships
• ++Students must avoid Final Exam conflicts-See Exam Schedule
• Above class reserved for Psychological and Brain Sciences majors
• 100% of instruction is provided entirely through asynchronous online education in which the student is not bound by place or time. No on-campus meetings are required.

Topic: Aggression in close rel

In this course, students will: Be introduced to fundamental principles and theories of aggression and interpersonal violence from a social psychology perspective. Learn about topics such as personal and environmental factors that influence aggression, moral disengagement, everyday aggression, and interpersonal violence.