PSY 410 - Memory & Amnesia

Course unit(s): 1
Prerequisite(s): PSY 101 - Introductory Psychology . PSY 215 - Biological Psychology or NSC 310 - Brain & Behavior required.
This seminar will examine the broad categories of memory and amnesia. Readings will be based entirely on primary literature, and class meetings will follow a discussion-based format. Memory and amnesia will be examined via both psychological and biological perspectives and will include topics such as memory modulation and malleability, consolidation and reconsolidation, various forms of amnesia (e.g., retrograde and anterograde amnesia), recovery of memory, and memory-based treatments for some forms of psychological pathology (e.g., PTSD).
Open only to Psychology or Neuroscience majors.