NEUR 1201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Microsoft Powerpoint, Multiple Choice, Dsm-5
Lecture One – Intro to Mental Health and Disease
Today:
• Course outline
• Course expectations
• Exams
• Brief intro lecture
Course Outline
• Prefer email using course # and your name ([email protected])
• Peer-led study groups
• Filled in worksheets to bring to study sessions
• Content is based on lectures
• Do’t rely o PoerPoit slides aloe
• Take notes on PowerPoint
• Content on exam from articles (all 12) – fact based questions
• Only need to do best 10 for marking (15%)
• Pick one question about article
• 3-4 sentences (not a whole essay lol)
• Due 11:55pm night before lecture
• CUOL link on CuLearn
• Midterm: Saturday, February 11 @ 3pm – 5pm (35%)
• Multiple choice, definition of terms, short answer
• Final exam (non-cumulative) (50%)
• Multiple choice, definition of terms, short answer, long answer
• Bonus marks – random times, just answer question (4%)
• Open Friday and close Sunday
• Follow course objectives as a study tool
What does a neuroscientist do?
C) Studies the relationship between the brain, behaviour, and disease.
What is a neuroscientist?
Multidisciplinary science devoted to understanding the nervous system. The brain is the most
complex thing in the universe. Understanding how it functions is among the most challenging
questions in science.
What is SfN?
Society for Neuroscience (link on CuLearn).
Course Expectations
• Brain? Function? Influential factors?
• Understanding disease states (ie. depression)
• Factors contributing to good mental health
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