Academic Catalog

PSY5305 DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE

Course Code: 2335305
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 3(3-0)
ECTS Credit: 8.0
Department: Psychology
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Graduate
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Offered Semester: Fall and Spring Semesters.

Course Content

Brain development from prenatal life through adolescence, neural processes shaping cognition, emotion, and social behaviour. lntegrating developmental cognitive, social, and affective neuroscience, Ýt covers the neural systems underlying attention and executive functions, face ProcessÝng, socÝal cognition, attachment, emotion regulation, reward processing, stress systems, and major neurodevelopmental disorders.