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PSYC360 - Biopsychology
Jason Snyder, instructor (Term 1)
Paul Cocker, teaching assistant
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When: Tuesday & Thursday 9:30 10:50am
Where: Term 1: Buchanan A203, Term 2: Buchanan A102
Instructors: Jason Snyder (Term 1)
Kenny Psychology Building room 3517
Office hours: by appointment
Dwayne Hamson (Term 2)
TA: Paul Cocker
[email protected] Psychology Building room 3514
Office hours: by appointment
COURSE ESSENTIALS
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COURSE ESSENTIALS
Website: See connect.ubc.ca - Here I will post lecture outlines, the course schedule
and any updates or changes, grades, supplementary links and readings. Check
regularly.
Textbooks: [required]Pinel, J.P.J. (2010).
Biopsychology, 9th Edition.
--the course will largely be based off of the
material in this text
--online and supplemental components of thistext are non-essential
use 8thedition at own risk (though appears
similar)
[supplementary]Kandel, E.R. et al., Principles of
Neural Science--I will supplement the course with biological and
physiological content from this text
--this text is very extensive, heavy and expensive.
But older editions are cheaper and still excellent
resources. Highly recommended if you have a
serious interest in neuroscience.
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EVALUATION4 exams 2 midterm exams and 2 end of term final exams
each exam will be 80 min, weighted equally (each 25%), not cumulative
later material will build on concepts covered earlier in the course tests will be 30 multiple choice questions and 6 short answer questions Department of Psychology guidelines specify class averages of 66-70%;
grades may be scaled and are not official until the appear on your final
academic record.
You are responsible for the material covered in class as well as materialcovered in the (Pinel) textbook. Rule of thumb: lecture content > text content
that is covered in class > text content that is not covered in class.
If you miss an exam you must notify me within 24hrs and provide a doctors
note that states you were unable to attend the exam for medical reasons. A
makeup exam will then be scheduled.
Paul Cocker, the course TA, will grade the exams, will be available to review
your exam with you, and will resolve the majority of grading issues that may
arise.
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OTHER DETAILS
Lecture slides will be published online before class, may change at the lastminute, and may be updated after class if content was added / fixed / clarified
during class
Feel free AT ANY POINT to ask questions, make observations, compliment my
wardrobe etc.
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DONT CHEAT
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Term 1 Schedule
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My biopsychological biography
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My biopsychological biography
Undergrad
2ndyear first foray into neuroscience
3rdyear how does the hippocampus store
memories?
4thyear part time research on the function of
newborn neurons
Grad & beyond
full time research on the function of newborn
neurons
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My biopsychological biography
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Neuronal turnover vs. neuronal accumulation
Postnatal day 0 day 180
developmental
neurogenesis
adult
neurogenesis
Shaina Cahill
Current research in the Snyder lab
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Do adult-born neurons perform pattern separation?
relating experience to neuronal activity
mapping activity with catFISH
Desiree Seib
Current research in the Snyder lab
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Experience-dependent plasticity in adult-born neurons
0 10 20 301.1
1.2
1.3
1.4
1.5
1.6
devel
opme
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born
adult
born
presynaptic terminals
postsynaptic spines
Timothy OLeary
Current research in the Snyder lab
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