Behavioral Neuroscience - International Student Edition

Stephane Gaskin is a psychology professor at Dawson College in Montreal. He is also a lecturer at Concordia and McGill universities. Over the course of over 15 years, Stephane has taught a variety of psychology courses at both college and university. He has taught the very first brain and behavior course officially offered at Dawson College and regularly teaches behavioral neuroscience at university. Stephane obtained both his Bachelor and Master of psychology degrees at Concordia University. For his master's degree, which was also completed at Concordia, Stephane's research focused on the role of the hippocampus in spatial and object-recognition memory. He then pursued and obtained a PhD degree at McGill University where he studied the interaction between various brain areas such as the hippocampus amygdala and striatum in learning to approach cues associated with appetitive stimuli. Stephane then pursued his studies as a postdoctoral researcher at both the University of California in San Diego and Concordia University in Montreal. Much of Stephane's research was published in international scientific journals and presented at the Society for Neuroscience's annual conferences.

Chapter 1: Behavioral Neuroscience: understanding brain-behavior relationships Introduction 1.1 What is behavioral neuroscience? 1.2 The evolution of brain-behavior relationships 1.3 The origins of behavioral neuroscience 1.4 Studying Brain and Behavior Today Chapter 2: Neurons and Glia Introduction 2.1 Putting neurons into context 2.2 The structure of neurons 2.3 The action potential 2.4 Glia Chapter 3: The Synapse, Neurotransmitters, Drugs and Addiction Introduction 3.1 The synapse 3.2 Neurotransmitters 3.3 Drugs and drug addiction Chapter 4: The Nervous System Introduction 4.1 Central Nervous System Development 4.2 The Fully Developed Brain 4.3 The Peripheral Nervous System Chapter 5: Neuro Development, Neuroplasticity and Aging Introduction 5.1 Neurodevelopment 5.2 Neuroplasticity 5.3 The Aging Brain: adolescence and old age Chapter 6: Sensation and Perception 1: Vision and Hearing Introduction 6.1 Vision 6.2 Hearing Chapter 7: Sensation and Perception 2: taste, smell and touch Introduction 7.1 Taste 7.2 Smell 7.3 Touch Chapter 8 Sensorimotor Systems Introduction 8.1 This is what makes you move 8.2 Spinal control of movement 8.3 Cortical control of movement and sensorimotor Integration Chapter 9: Motivation: Energy Balance, Temperature regulation and Sleep Introduction 9.1 Theories of Motivation 9.2 Physiological Mechanisms 9.3 Wake and Sleep Regulation Chapter 10: Hormones: Social and Reproductive and Behavior Introduction 10.1 What are hormones? 10.2 Hormones and behavior 10.3 Organizing effects of hormones and sexual orientation Chapter 11: Emotions Introduction 11.1 What are Emotions? 11.2 Emotions: where in the brain 11.3 Emotions and decision-making: beyond the amygdala 11.4 Aggression Chapter 12: Memory and Learning Introduction 12.1 Memory and memory systems 12.2 Long-term memory 12.3 Memory consolidation 12.4 Navigating through space: spatial memory 12.5 Learning at the molecular level: the acquisition of memories Chapter 13: Attention and Consciousness Introduction 13.1 Attention 13.2 Consciousness Chapter 14: Psychological Disorders Introduction 14.1 What is a psychological disorder? 14.2 Anxiety Disorders 14.3 Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) 14.4 Major Depressive Disorder 14.5 Schizophrenia Chapter 15: Social Neuroscience Introduction 15.1 What is Social Neuroscience? 15.2 Self-Awareness 15.3 Theory of Mind 15.4 Social Pain 15.5 Altruism 15.6 Cooperation and Trust