Neuroscience

Addictive disorders involve complex interactions among neurobiological, psychological, environmental, and sociocultural features and can reflect problems across a range of substances or behaviors.

Study Tours: Sweden, London

Disciplines: Neuroscience, Pre-Medicine / Health Science, Psychology, Public Health, Sociology

Pre-requisites: Yes

Despite decades of scientific research and centuries of philosophical analysis, consciousness remains one of the greatest scientific challenges of our time. What is consciousness and which brain mechanisms shape the unique sense of self, implicit in all our thoughts and perceptions?...

Study Tours: Florence, Denmark

Disciplines: Neuroscience, Pre-Medicine / Health Science, Psychology

Pre-requisites: Yes

How do we understand creativity and the brain? This course asks you to explore and debate human creativity through neurobiological, cognitive, and psychological perspectives. Main topics include discussions of the definition of creativity, psychological and cognitive profiles of creative individuals, functional neuroanatomy, the neurochemistry of the creative processes, the neural correlates of creative thought, cognitive processes and lastly, cognitive strategies for optimizing creative output.

Study Tours: United Kingdom, Denmark

Disciplines: Neuroscience, Psychology

Pre-requisites: Yes

The complex cellular and molecular organization of the brain drives a variety of physiological and cognitive functions. In this course, we explore gene expression and protein distribution at multiple levels of organization, from cell to brain region to organ. We utilize data and resources from the human protein atlas project and other publicly available data sets to learn...

Disciplines: Biomedicine / Biotechnology, Neuroscience

Pre-requisites: Yes

How do we understand the interplay of human emotions and their neural networks? This course applies findings from the interdisciplinary field of neuroscience and the psychological study of cognition, emotion, and personality. Basic, complex, and social emotions are explored...

Study Tours: Sweden, Paris

Disciplines: Neuroscience, Pre-Medicine / Health Science, Psychology

Pre-requisites: Yes

Fear is a multifaceted term that can be explained anatomically, biologically, and psychologically. This course begins by illustrating the cause and effects of fear on an anatomical and functional level, followed by demonstrating the physiological, psychological, and evolutionary aspects.

Study Tours: Southern Sweden, Frankfurt-Heidelberg, Denmark, Munich

Disciplines: Biology, Biomedicine / Biotechnology, Neuroscience, Psychology

Pre-requisites: Yes