PSYCH 116B
Human Neuropsychology Laboratory
Description: Laboratory, four hours. Requisites: courses 10, 100A, 100B, 115. Not open for credit to students with credit for 116A. Focus on human neural function in health and disease. Concentration on neural underpinnings of behaviors unique to humans. Hands-on empirical investigations of neural functions in which students themselves serve as subjects. Incorporation of neural bases of language and cognition, assessment in field of neuropsychology, and human neuroanatomy. Addresses disorders of nervous system that have profound impacts on human functioning such as stroke and central nervous system damage, dementia, mental illness, and pain. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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Winter 2023 - Took this class in Winter of 2023. There isn't a grade breakdown in the syllabus, which was confusing for me, but basically, the grade is split into 3 units. The first unit was the MRI unit/paper, the second was a dementia unit/question-based short answer paper, and the third was a neuroanatomy unit and quiz (which ended up being our final). For the first two units, you get several "drafts" that you submit for 4 points (out of the 100 for the entire unit). These were graded harshly but offered a lot of feedback and as long as you revised them, you could get full points on the final paper (which was worth 88 and 92 points/100 for units 1 and 2 respectively) pretty easily in my opinion. The TAs were very helpful - they're the ones grading a majority of the papers. Dr. Grisham was also readily available to answer questions - his answers are sometimes confusing but still definitely helped. The neuroanatomy unit was really interesting. You get to dissect lamb brains, and we had several human brains as well. The slides were a bit confusing, but the TAs did a great job with the final review. Dr. Grisham also loves to talk about brains, so he'll also be really enthusiastic if you ask him any questions. The final was 50 Q short answer (it was not easy). However, I did find the questions fair, and as long as you pay attention in class/slides it was manageable. Office hours during finals week also helped A LOT. The labs are recorded but quality-wise, not super great. I would recommend going to class AND paying attention. Overall, not the easiest class in the world but still very rewarding and would recommend it.
Winter 2023 - Took this class in Winter of 2023. There isn't a grade breakdown in the syllabus, which was confusing for me, but basically, the grade is split into 3 units. The first unit was the MRI unit/paper, the second was a dementia unit/question-based short answer paper, and the third was a neuroanatomy unit and quiz (which ended up being our final). For the first two units, you get several "drafts" that you submit for 4 points (out of the 100 for the entire unit). These were graded harshly but offered a lot of feedback and as long as you revised them, you could get full points on the final paper (which was worth 88 and 92 points/100 for units 1 and 2 respectively) pretty easily in my opinion. The TAs were very helpful - they're the ones grading a majority of the papers. Dr. Grisham was also readily available to answer questions - his answers are sometimes confusing but still definitely helped. The neuroanatomy unit was really interesting. You get to dissect lamb brains, and we had several human brains as well. The slides were a bit confusing, but the TAs did a great job with the final review. Dr. Grisham also loves to talk about brains, so he'll also be really enthusiastic if you ask him any questions. The final was 50 Q short answer (it was not easy). However, I did find the questions fair, and as long as you pay attention in class/slides it was manageable. Office hours during finals week also helped A LOT. The labs are recorded but quality-wise, not super great. I would recommend going to class AND paying attention. Overall, not the easiest class in the world but still very rewarding and would recommend it.
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