Lecture1 Course Intro

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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)

[email protected]

Kenny Psychology Building room 3517

Office hours: by appointment

Dwayne Hamson (Term 2)

[email protected]

TA: Paul Cocker

[email protected] Psychology Building room 3514

Office hours: by appointment

COURSE ESSENTIALS
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]


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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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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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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



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Experience-dependent plasticity in adult-born neurons

0 10 20 301.1

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devel

opme

ntally

born

adult

born

presynaptic terminals

postsynaptic spines

Timothy OLeary



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