Module PY2501-KP04

Duration

1 Semester

Turnus of offer

each winter semester

Credit points

4

Course of studies, specific fields and terms:

• Bachelor Psychology 2027, optional subject, psychology
• Bachelor Psychology 2020, optional subject, psychology

Classes and lectures:

• PY2500-S: Specialization Biological Psychology (seminar / exercises, 2 SWS)

Workload:

• 30 hours in-classroom work
• 90 hours private studies and exercises

Contents of teaching:

• Specialization on electrophysiology (EEG, local field potentials, extra and intracellular activity)
• Specialization - memory processing (Neurobiology, theories on sleep-dependent memory)
• Interactions between neuronal and non-neuronal processes, with a focus on sleep
• Research methods for investigations in animals and humans, including a practical demonstration
• Brain development, brain damage and neuroplasticity

Qualification-goals/Competencies:

• Knowledge on behavioral tests and other research methods, with a focus on electrophysiological methods
• Knowledge on how to plan and analyze studies
• Understanding of basic interactions between neuronal and non-neuronal processes
• To obtain skills on the critical evaluation of scientific literature and how to sort new information
• How to apply knowledge to improve society as a whole

Grading through:

• portfolio exam

Responsible for this module:

• Prof. Dr. rer. medic. Lisa Marshall

Teacher:

• Institute of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology
• Prof. Dr. rer. medic. Lisa Marshall

Literature:

• Carlson, N.R. : Physiology of Behavior Pearson
• Engel, Bear, Conners & Paradiso : Neurowissenschaften - Ein grundlegendes Lehrbuch für Biologie, Medizin und Psychologie Springer [Englische Originalausgabe erschienen bei Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (WoltersKluwer)]

Language:

• English, except in case of only German-speaking participants

Notes:

Last Updated:

07.11.2025