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PSYC 106Behavioral Neuroscience

4 units · PSYC · UC San Diego

This course provides a comprehensive overview of human and animal behavior from a neuroscience perspective. Topics include the functions and mechanisms of perception, motivation (sex, sleep, hunger, emotions), learning and memory, and motor control and movement.

Before you enroll

Prerequisites

From the catalog: “upper-division standing.”

Where it fits

Where it sits in degree plans

Suggested plans most often put it in Year 3 · Winter (1 program).

One of the options in (3)

  • Clinical Psychology (B.A.)
  • Clinical Psychology (B.S.)
  • Experimental Psychology (B.S.)
What it opens up

Courses that list PSYC 106 as a prerequisite (12)

  • BIMM 116 Circadian Rhythms—Biological Clocks
  • BIMM 116R Circadian Rhythms—Biological Clocks
  • BIPN 189 Brain, Behavior, and Evolution
  • COGS 116 Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
  • COGS 165 Neuroimaging of Cognition
  • COGS 279 Electrophysiology of Cognition
  • PSYC 113 Electroencephalogram (EEG) Lab
  • PSYC 133 Circadian Rhythms—Biological Clocks
  • PSYC 133R Circadian Rhythms—Biological Clocks
  • PSYC 160 Neuroscience of Decision-Making
  • PSYC 171 Neurobiology of Learning and Memory
  • PSYC 189 Brain, Behavior, and Evolution