Title	Instructors	Location	Time	Description	Cross listings	Fulfills	Registration notes	Syllabus	Syllabus URL
PSYC 0001-001	Introduction to Experimental Psychology	Ainsley Elizabeth Buck Catherine Apgar Daniel C Swingley Maayan S Ziv Mengting Fang William Manley		TR 10:15 AM-11:44 AM	This course provides an introduction to the basic topics of psychology including our three major areas of distribution: the biological basis of behavior, the cognitive basis of behavior, and individual and group bases of behavior. Topics include, but are not limited to, neuropsychology, learning, cognition, development, disorder, personality, and social psychology.		Living World Sector
PSYC 0001-601	Introduction to Experimental Psychology	Philip Gehrman		W 5:15 PM-8:14 PM	This course provides an introduction to the basic topics of psychology including our three major areas of distribution: the biological basis of behavior, the cognitive basis of behavior, and individual and group bases of behavior. Topics include, but are not limited to, neuropsychology, learning, cognition, development, disorder, personality, and social psychology.		Living World Sector
PSYC 1210-401	Intro to Brain & Behav	Kristen Ashley Hipolit		MW 10:15 AM-11:44 AM	Introduction to the structure and function of the vertebrate nervous system. We begin with the cellular basis of neuronal activities, then discuss the physiological bases of motor control, sensory systems, motivated behaviors, and higher mental processes. This course is intended for students interested in the neurobiology of behavior, ranging from animal behaviors to clinical disorders.	BIOL1110401, NRSC1110401	Living World Sector
PSYC 1210-601	Introduction to Brain and Behavior	Judith Mclean		TR 5:15 PM-6:44 PM	Introduction to the structure and function of the vertebrate nervous system. We begin with the cellular basis of neuronal activities, then discuss the physiological bases of motor control, sensory systems, motivated behaviors, and higher mental processes. This course is intended for students interested in the neurobiology of behavior, ranging from animal behaviors to clinical disorders.	BIOL1110601, NRSC1110601	Living World Sector
PSYC 1230-401	Cognitive Neuroscience	Callista Dyer Michael Arcaro Monami Nishio		TR 1:45 PM-3:14 PM	The study of the neural systems that underlie human perception, memory and language; and of the pathological syndromes that result from damage to these systems.	NRSC2249401	Natural Sciences & Mathematics Sector
PSYC 1310-401	Language and Thought	Delphine Dahan		TR 12:00 PM-1:29 PM	This course describes current theorizing on how the human mind achieves high-level cognitive processes such as using language, thinking, and reasoning. The course discusses issues such as whether the language ability is unique to humans, whether there is a critical period to the acquisition of a language, the nature of conceptual knowledge, how people perform deductive reasoning and induction, and how linguistic and conceptual knowledge interact.	LING0750401
PSYC 1440-001	Social Psychology	Geoffrey Goodwin Ryan Wheat Shelby Weathers		MW 10:15 AM-11:44 AM	An overview of theories and research across the range of social behavior from intra-individual to the group level including the effects of culture, social environment, and groups on social interaction.		Society Sector
PSYC 1462-001	Abnormal Psychology	Jordana Cooperberg		TR 1:45 PM-3:14 PM	The concepts of normality, abnormality, and psychopathology; symptom syndromes;theory and research in psychopathology and psychotherapy.
PSYC 1777-001	Intro Developmental Psychology	Elizabeth M Brannon Maryam A Almafrachi Yao Zhao		TR 12:00 PM-1:29 PM	The goal of this course is to introduce both Psychology majors and non-majors majors to the field of Developmental Psychology. Developmental Psychology is a diverse field that studies the changes that occur with age and experience and how we can explain these changes. The field encompasses changes in physicalgrowth, perceptual systems, cognitive systems, social interactions and and much more. We will study the development of perception, cognition, language,academic achievement, emotion regulation, personality, moral reasoning,and attachment. We will review theories of development and ask how these theories explain experimental findings. While the focus is on human development, when relevant, research with animals will be used as a basis for comparison.
PSYC 2100-001	Emotions & Moods	Nicole C Rust		MWF 12:00 PM-12:59 PM	This course will provide a comprehensive introduction to emotions and moods from the integrated perspective of the brain and mind. We will begin with a survey of concepts related to emotions and moods, including how they are measured and manipulated. We will then explore emotion and mood theories. We will end with an exploration of healthy emotion and mood regulation, as well as emotion- and mood-related conditions such as depression and anxiety.
PSYC 2233-401	Neuroethology	Juan Ignacio Sanguinetti Scheck		TR 1:45 PM-3:14 PM	In course, students will learn how neurobiologists study the relationship between neural circuitry and behavior. Behaviors such as bat echolocation, birdsong, insect olfaction, spatial navigation, eye movement and others will be used to explore fundamental principles of brain function that include brain oscillations, population codes, efference copy, sensorimotor maps and sleep replay. The course will also discuss the various methodologies that are used to address these questions. The reading material will be derived mostly from the primary literature.	NRSC2233401
PSYC 2240-401	Visual Neuroscience	Alan A Stocker		MWF 10:15 AM-11:14 AM	An introduction to the scientific study of vision, with an emphasis on the biological substrate and its relation to behavior. Topics will typically include physiological optics, transduction of light, visual thresholds, color vision, anatomy and physiology of the visual pathways, and the cognitive neuroscience of vision.	NRSC2217401, VLST2170401	Living World Sector
PSYC 2250-401	Drugs, Brain, and Mind	Michael Kane		TR 10:15 AM-11:44 AM	The course will begin with a review of basic concepts in pharmacology including: routes of drug administration, drug metabolism, the dose response curve, tolerance and sensitization. Following a brief overview of cellular foundations of neuropharmacology (neuronal biology, synaptic and receptor function), the course will focus on several neurotransmitter systems and the molecular and behavioral mechanisms mediating the mind-altering, additive and neuropsychiatric disorders, including depression, schizophrenia and anxiety with an emphasis on their underlying neurobiological causes, as well as the pharmacological approaches for treatment.	NRSC2270401	Natural Sciences & Mathematics Sector
PSYC 2300-001	Human Memory	Anna Schapiro		TR 10:15 AM-11:44 AM	An introduction to the scientific study of humn memory, with a particular emphasis on the interplay between theory and experiment. Topics will include dual store models and the debate over short-term meory, recognition memory for items and associations, the role of time and context in memory formation and retrieval, theories of association, memory for sequences, the influence of prior knowledge on new learning, spatial and navigational memory, perceptual learning, classification and function learning, memory diorders, and developmental changes in memory function.
PSYC 2314-401	Data Science for Studying Language and the Mind	Kathryn Schuler		TR 12:00 PM-12:59 PM	Data Science for studying Language and the Mind is an entry-level course designed to teach basic principles of data science to students with little or no background in statistics or computer science. Students will learn to identify patterns in data using visualizations and descriptive statistics; make predictions from data using machine learning and optimization; and quantify the certainty of their predictions using statistical models. This course aims to help students build a foundation of critical thinking and computational skills that will allow them to work with data in all fields related to the study of the mind (e.g. linguistics, psychology, philosophy, cognitive science).	LING0700401	Natural Sciences & Mathematics Sector Quantitative Data Analysis
PSYC 2400-001	Introduction to Positive Psychology (PD)	James O Pawelski		MW 12:00 PM-1:29 PM	An introduction to the study of positive emotions, positive character traits, and positive institutions. The positive emotions consist of emotions about the past (e.g., serenity, satisfaction, pride), about the future (e.g., hope, optimism, faith), and emotions about the present (pleasure and gratification). The distinction among the pleasant life, the good life, and the meaningful life is drawn. The positive traits include wisdom, courage, humanity, justice, temperance, and spirituality, and the classification of these virtues is explored. The positive institutions are exemplified by extended families, free press, humane leadership, and representative government.
PSYC 2555-401	Neuroeconomics	Christian Benitez Fiona Lee Joseph W Kable		TR 1:45 PM-3:14 PM	This course will introduce students to neuroeconomics, a field of research that combines economic, psychological, and neuroscientific approaches to study decision-making. The course will focus on our current understanding of how our brains give rise to decisions, and how this knowledge might be used to constrain or advance economic and psychological theories of decision-making. Topics covered will include how individuals make decisions under conditions of uncertainty, how groups of individuals decide to cooperate or compete, and how decisions are shaped by social context, memories, and past experience.	NRSC2273401	Living World Sector
PSYC 2737-001	Judgment and Decisions	Ainsley Katherine Bonin Edward Royzman Maryam A Almafrachi		W 5:15 PM-8:14 PM	Thinking, judgment, and personal and societal decision making, with emphasis on fallacies and biases.		Quantitative Data Analysis
PSYC 2740-401	Choice	Sudeep Bhatia		TR 3:30 PM-4:59 PM	The choices that people make determine their lived experiences, their social, economic, and political realities, and their overall well-being. For this reason, the study of choice is of special interest across both the sciences and the humanities, and is a central focus of academic disciplines like psychology, economics, cognitive science, neuroscience, computer science, and philosophy. This course will introduce you to the interdisciplinary study of human choice behavior, and will examine in detail what we know about how people make choices, how observed choice patterns and mechanisms relate to those in animals and artificially intelligent machines, and how we can accurately predict and influence people’s choices and choice outcomes. The primary objective of this course is to build students' understanding and appreciation of the diverse perspectives on human choice behavior. Moreover, by exploring the mechanisms and nuances of decision-making, students will gain insight into their personal choice patterns and acquire strategies to improve their own choice outcomes.	PPE3004401
PSYC 3100-301	Being Human: The Biology of Human Behavior, Cognition, and Culture	Michael Louis Platt		W 1:45 PM-4:44 PM	This course will examine the biological basis of human behavior and culture as an emergent product of the brain and its interactions with the physical and social environment. As we explore this topic, we will emphasize human brain function at the level of neural systems and the neural networks they supply, how these systems may have evolved, how they change depending on experience, and what dysfunction of these circuits as occurs in neuropsychiatric and neurodevelopment disorders reveals about human thought and behavior. We will focus on key features of human nature, including language, mathematics, creativity and innovation, empathy, strategic thinking, cooperation, deception, economic behavior, and technology, amongst others.
PSYC 3220-401	Neural Systems and Behavior	Marc F Schmidt		MW 10:15 AM-11:44 AM	This course will investigate neural processing at the systems level. Principles of how brains encode information will be explored in both sensory (e.g. visual, auditory, social, etc.) and motor systems. Neural encoding strategies will be discussed in relation to the specific behavioral needs of the animal. Examples will be drawn from a variety of different model systems.	BIOL4110401, BIOL5110401, NRSC4110401
PSYC 3230-301	Seminar in Neuroscience: The Moral Brain	Sharon L Thompson-Schill		T 1:45 PM-4:44 PM	Topics vary each semester.
PSYC 3232-301	The Social Brain	Adrianna C Jenkins		T 1:45 PM-4:44 PM	This seminar examines the cognitive and neural mechanisms that enable humans to predict and understand people's behavior. We will be propelled throughout the course by fundamental questions about the human social brain. For example, why are humans so social? Does the human brain have specialized processes for social thought? Consideration of these questions will involve advanced treatment of a range of topics.
PSYC 3310-401	Psycholinguistics	Delphine Dahan		MW 12:00 PM-1:29 PM	This course examines how people use language. We will focus on Herb H. Clark’s book “Using Language” (1996). In this book, Clark proposes that language use is a form of joint action, and extensively develop what this claim entails and how it accounts for people’s linguistic behavior. The course will consist of a detailed examination of Clark’s thesis.	LING3750401
PSYC 3350-001	Quantitative Methods in Cognitive Science: Data Analysis, Modeling, and Visualization	Alan A Stocker		F 3:30 PM-4:29 PM	This seminar introduces students to common quantitative methods used to study cognitive processes based on behavioral measurements. The course covers experimental design, data analysis and visualization, and an introduction to basic models of cognitive behavior. Students will get to know common experimental designs to test cognitive behavior, how to perform hypothesis testing, and apply and fit theoretical models such as signal detection theory, ideal observer models, and drift-diffusion models. Throughout the course, students will independently analyze cognitive behavioral datasets, culminating in a research paper that showcases their ability to use the learned methods for an unbiased and effective analysis and interpretation of cognitive processes, and to visualize and present their results. A key emphasis of the course is on scientific rigor: students will learn to avoid common mistakes in analyzing, interpreting, and presenting data that have substantially harmed the reputation of cognitive and psychological sciences within the scientific community as well as the general public (e.g. the “reproduction crisis”).
PSYC 4002-301	Research Experience Course in Health Psychology: Mind, Body, and Behavior: Exploring the Foundations	Jordana Cooperberg		W 1:45 PM-4:44 PM	This research experience course introduces undergraduate students to health psychology, examining how psychological, behavioral, and social factors influence health and illness. Students will explore key topics such as stress and coping, health behavior change, the mind–body connection, and trauma’s connection to chronic illness. We will also study health behaviors such as exercise, sleep, eating, and substance use. We will explore how psychological concepts and research can be applied to health promotion and illness prevention. Additionally, this course offers an informal introduction to research design by including a hands-on experience in designing, conducting, and reporting a piece of psychological research. This objective will be met principally through participation in a group research project, class discussions related to the project and various exercises focusing on individual components of the research process. This class will help you critically evaluate primary research articles. These goals will all be met through lectures, class discussions, group project, exercises, and readings.
PSYC 4230-301	Introduction to functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) research	Brock Kirwan		R 3:30 PM-6:29 PM	This course provides a hands-on introduction to Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) research. fMRI is a non-invasive neuroimaging technique that allows one to track brain activity more or less in real time as a subject completes a cognitive task. MRI is a recent technology and fMRI is an even more recent use of that technology. While it has traditionally been used to establish functional localization (i.e., mapping what brain regions are involved in what tasks), fMRI can also be used to answer important questions such as how the brain goes about solving these tasks (i.e.,what are the computations the brain performs). fMRI has been used widely in the field of cognitive neuroscience, but it has also been applied in fields such as economics, marketing, sociology, and information systems to name a few. In this course, we will first cover the basics of MR physics in order to establish how fMRI works. We will then discuss considerations for fMRI experimental design. We will collect some fMRI data. We will spend the bulk of the course working on fMRI data analysis. By the end of this course, you should have the basic skills needed to collect and analyze an fMRI dataset.
PSYC 4340-401	Research Experience in Perception	Johannes Burge		MW 10:15 AM-11:44 AM	In this research course, students will begin by first replicating earlier experiments to measure human visual memory capacity. After several class discussions to discuss ideas, each student will design and conduct their own experiment to further investigate visual and/or familiarity memory.	VLST2120401
PSYC 4440-301	Sexuality and Attraction	Edward Royzman		R 1:45 PM-4:44 PM	The overarching goal of this course is to offer a practicum (hands-on experience) in designing, conducting, and reporting a piece of psychological research. This objective will be met principally through participation in a group research project, class discussions related to the project and various exercises focusing on individual components of the research process. There are additional goals as well. One is to enable you to think critically (though not disparagingly) about other people’s research, all with the hope of eventually applying the the self-same critical acumen to some future work of your own. This objective will be met primarily through class lectures and discussions of the assigned readings. I also hope that our interactions throughout the course will be conducive to developing (and exchanging) creative ideas of your own. Lastly, the course aims to offer an informal introduction to research design and research ethics. This objective will be met primarily through class discussions, group project, exercises, and some additional readings.		Quantitative Data Analysis
PSYC 4462-301	Research: Abnormal Psychology	Melissa G. Hunt		TR 3:30 PM-4:59 PM	This is a two-semester course starting in the Fall. Class size limited to 8-10 students.		Quantitative Data Analysis
PSYC 4464-401	Empirical Aesthetics: Narrative Psychology	Fritz Breithaupt		M 12:00 PM-2:59 PM	The course combines classical theories of beauty with current empirical aesthetics. We will discuss a wide range of phenomena from immersion in imaginative worlds to creativity in the arts, narratives and everyday experience. We also review the evidence on the effects of aesthetic experience for happiness and therapeutic effects. Your task is to use some of these insights to conduct an experiment of your own design to test effects and impacts of aesthetics in various contexts. We will also visit the art museum to explore some aesthetic concepts—and to have experiences.	GRMN1180401
PSYC 4901-401	CogSci Research Practicum	Victor Gomes		F 9:00 AM-11:45 AM	Research Practicum is a six-week half-credit course that facilitates students’ entry into research in cognitive science. Students will learn how to deploy a study, process data, and analyze it. Particular emphasis will be placed on troubleshooting and debugging as a critical skill. Practicum will have a partially 'flipped' classroom. Some weeks students will watch video lectures before class that will help them implement their project; with in-person class those weeks being dedicated for asking questions about the week’s lecture and to work on the week’s assignment with help from the instructor and TA as needed. Each week, we will also have a guest lecturer from the lab of a MindCORE faculty affiliate. The main product – pieces of which the student submits every week – is a 4-5 page paper documenting their approach such that another researcher could reproduce it.	COGS1770401, LING1770401
PSYC 4997-301	Senior Honors Sem Psych	John C. Trueswell		M 1:45 PM-4:44 PM	Open to senior honors candidates in psychology. A two-semester sequence supporting the preparation of an honors thesis in psychology. Students will present their work in progress and develop skills in written and oral communication of scientific ideas. Prerequisite: Acceptance into the Honors Program in Psychology.
PSYC 5390-401	Theoretical Neuroscience	Vijay Balasubramanian		TR 8:30 AM-9:59 AM	This course will develop theoretical and computational approaches to structural and functional organization in the brain. The course will cover: (i) the basic biophysics of neural responses, (ii) neural coding and decoding with an emphasis on sensory systems, (iii) approaches to the study of networks of neurons, (iv) models of adaptation, learning and memory, (v) models of decision making, and (vi) ideas that address why the brain is organized the way that it is. The course will be appropriate for advanced undergraduates and beginning graduate students. A knowledge of multi-variable calculus, linear algebra and differential equations is required (except by permission of the instructor). Prior exposure to neuroscience and/or Matlab programming will be helpful.	BE5300001, NGG5940001, NRSC5585401, PHYS5585401
PSYC 5620-640	MLA Proseminar: Psychopathology and the Media	Monica Calkins		R 5:15 PM-8:14 PM	Schizophrenia is the same as “split personality”... or is it? People with mental illness are frequently violent… or are they? “Shock” therapy is barbaric...or is it? The “answers” to these questions as portrayed by the media often reinforce common myths and stereotypes about psychopathology, its treatments, and its treatment providers. These myths can have a tremendous impact on individuals and society. This course was designed to help students develop awareness of popular myths and stereotypes depicted in the media about psychopathology, treatment and providers; the ability to identify and understand the sources and impact of media representations of psychopathology; and knowledge about current empirical research on media depictions of psychopathology and their relationship to stigma. By the end of the course, students should be able to identify the many forms of media in which psychopathology is depicted; recognize common myths; critique the common and specific ways in which particular mental disorders are inaccurately or stereotypically portrayed in the media; evaluate the potential impact of psychopathology depictions on individuals and society; and describe current efforts to assess and reduce the stigmatization of mental health through the media.
PSYC 5791-301	Computational Color Vision	David H Brainard		T 1:45 PM-4:44 PM	Students in many areas of psychology and engineering are concerned in one way or another with color, and many areas of color vision is amenable to precise quantitative characterization. This course will develop the core ideas of our current understanding of color from a theoretical and computational point of view. Topics will likely include radiometry, transduction of light, thresholds, color matching, color spaces, color constancy, color appearance, color categorization, and the neural representation of color. Theoretical and computational methods will likely include linear algebra, ideal observer analysis, statistical inference (Bayes rule), information theory, and modeling with neural networks. The course will also consider implementation of ideas in code.
PSYC 6000-301	Psychopathology	Ayelet M Ruscio		M 12:00 PM-2:59 PM	Choice of half or full course units each sem. covering a range of subjects and approaches in academic psychology.
PSYC 6000-302	Judgment & Decisions	Barbara Ann Mellers		TR 10:15 AM-12:14 PM	Choice of half or full course units each sem. covering a range of subjects and approaches in academic psychology.
PSYC 6090-401	Neuroscience Core IIi	Franz Ludwig Weber Gregory Corder		MWF 10:00 AM-11:59 AM	This course provides an introduction to what is known about how neuronal circuits solve problems for the organism and to current resarch approaches to this question. Topics include: vision, audition, olfaction, motor systems, plasticity, and oscillations. In addition, the course aims to provide an overview of the structure of the central nervous system. A number of fundamental concepts are also discussed across topics, such as: lateral inhibition, integration, filterting, frames of reference, error signals, adaptation. The course format consists of lectures, discussions, readings of primary literature, supplemented by textbook chapters and review articles.	NGG5730401
PSYC 6120-401	Int To Nonp & Loglin Mod	Wei Wang		TR 12:00 PM-1:29 PM	An applied graduate level course for students who have completed an undergraduate course in basic statistical methods. Covers two unrelated topics: loglinear and logit models for discrete data and nonparametric methods for nonnormal data. Emphasis is on practical methods of data analysis and their interpretation. Primarily for doctoral students in the managerial, behavioral, social and health sciences. Permission of instructor required to enroll.	STAT5010401
PSYC 7090-301	Empirically Supported Treatments	Daniel Moriarity		W 12:00 PM-2:59 PM	A developmental approach to the study of psychopathology focuses on how psychological processes from normal to abnormal developmental trajectories. In this seminar we will cover theory, methods, and key constructs in the study of developmental psychopathology. Readings will include seminal empirical papers and chapters.
PSYC 8150-301	Introductory Practicum	Melissa G. Hunt			Students typically complete 8-10 full assessment batteries on complex patients referred from a number of different sources in the community. This practicum offers intensive supervision, with live (in the room) supervision of every trainee’s first case, and live peer-supervision of their second case. Throughout their time in the practicum they receive close supervision of every case, including checking the scoring of tests and measures, and close reading and editing of every report. Students do a final feedback session with every patient which the supervisor co-leads at the beginning of the year, and observes in the room throughout the rest of the year, thus ensuring direct observation of every trainee throughout the year.
PSYC 8150-302	Introductory Practicum	Julie A Worley			Students typically complete 8-10 full assessment batteries on complex patients referred from a number of different sources in the community. This practicum offers intensive supervision, with live (in the room) supervision of every trainee’s first case, and live peer-supervision of their second case. Throughout their time in the practicum they receive close supervision of every case, including checking the scoring of tests and measures, and close reading and editing of every report. Students do a final feedback session with every patient which the supervisor co-leads at the beginning of the year, and observes in the room throughout the rest of the year, thus ensuring direct observation of every trainee throughout the year.
PSYC 8200-301	Advanced Practicum	Melissa G. Hunt			Intensive studies of single individuals including interviews, tests, and experiments; also clinical experience at appropriate community agencies.
PSYC 8200-302	Advanced Practicum	Emily M.B. Haimes			Intensive studies of single individuals including interviews, tests, and experiments; also clinical experience at appropriate community agencies.