The Workings of the Human Brain: From Brain to Behavior

Course is Full

Course Code

BIOS 14112 91

Course Description

This course is nearing capacity. We strongly recommend that you select other courses and apply for more than one course on your application.

How do humans see, smell, hear, feel, think, and learn? This course examines how the brain generates behavior.

Topics covered include the organization of the nervous system, the mechanisms by which the brain translates external stimuli into electrical and chemical signals to initiate or modify behavior, and the neurological bases of learning, memory, sleep, cognition, drug addiction, and neurological conditions.

Each week, we will begin with a review of the microscopic workings of the cell and basic neuroanatomy and functional physiology and continue to a more macroscopic study of the senses, behavior, higher order mental processes, and psychological disorders.

The goal of the course is to provide students with a basic understanding of how fundamental brain processes contributes to cognitive states and basic human behavior, as well as encourage further study in the “brain and behavioral sciences."

Course Criteria

Instructor(s)

Megan McNulty-White

This course is full. UChicago students can request to be added on a waitlist. Visiting students are strongly invited to choose another course and email summersession@uchicago.edu to inquire about the waitlist status.