Learning Objectives

1.1.1 Know and understand what constitutes the study of brain-behavior relationships.
1.1.2 Have a broad understanding of the global structural aspects of the brain and some of its basic functions.
1.1.3 Explain the different levels of analysis that constitute the study of brain-behavior relationships.
1.1.4 Understand the basics of how genes influence behavior and how the environment influences genes.
1.2.1 Explain the concept of natural selection.
1.2.2 Understand the adaptive variations that gave rise to brain-behavior relationships.
1.3.1 Describe some of the views associated with brain function throughout antiquity.
1.3.2 Explain the philosophical roots that underlie the relationship between brain and body.
1.3.3 Understand how the idea that brain functions are localized to specific areas developed.
1.4.1 Explain how the study of brain-damaged patients can inform neuroscientists about brain-behavior relationships.
1.4.2 Describe how brain-behavior relationships can be inferred by lesioning, stimulating, and measuring the brain’s activity.
1.4.3 Define the different fields of study related to behavioral neuroscience.