| Neuroscience (DR) | |||||
| PhD | TR-NQF-HE: Level 8 | QF-EHEA: Third Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 8 | ||
| Course Code: | SBY6012 | ||||
| Course Name: | Learning and Memory | ||||
| Semester: | Spring | ||||
| Course Credits: |
|
||||
| Language of instruction: | Turkish | ||||
| Course Condition: | |||||
| Does the Course Require Work Experience?: | No | ||||
| Type of course: | Departmental Elective | ||||
| Course Level: |
|
||||
| Mode of Delivery: | Face to face | ||||
| Course Coordinator: | Dr. Öğr. Üy. GÖKÇER ESKİKURT | ||||
| Course Lecturer(s): | Asst. Prof. Gökçer Eskikurt | ||||
| Course Assistants: |
| Course Objectives: | The different brain circuits responsible for learning and memory formation and the neurochemical mechanisms that form their molecular basis are examined. |
| Course Content: | This course includes physiology of learning and memory, experimental studies, implicit and explicit memory properties, long-term memory, synaptic plasticity and experimental models. |
|
The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) Explain non-associative (habituation and sensitization) and associative dimensions of learning 2) Compare the different brain circuits responsible for memory formation 3) Analyze experimental models of learning and memory 4) To be able to analyze the neurochemical mechanisms underlying the successive stages of memory formation |
| Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
| 1) | The psychology of learning and memory | - |
| 2) | The neuroscience of learning and memory | - |
| 3) | Episodic and semantic memory: memory for facts and events | - |
| 4) | Skill memory: learning by doing | - |
| 5) | Working memory and executive functions | - |
| 6) | Classical conditioning | - |
| 7) | Instrumental conditioning | - |
| 8) | Generalization, discrimination, and the representation of similarity | - |
| 9) | Observational learning: watching, listening, and remembering | - |
| 10) | Emotional learning and memory | - |
| 11) | Sensory memory | - |
| 12) | Autobiographical memory | - |
| 13) | Discussion of special cases in the memory field | - |
| 14) | Learning and memory across the lifespan | - |
| Course Notes / Textbooks: | Ders notları |
| References: | İlgili makaleler |
| Course Learning Outcomes | 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Program Outcomes | ||||||||
| 1) 1) To be able to define the basic concepts of neuroscience, understand and express neurophysiological functions of brain and neuroanatomical structures, functional organization of central nervous system and basic principles of normal functioning. | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| 2) 2) To have theoretical knowledge about etiopathogenesis of neurological and psychiatric diseases and to have knowledge of neurological and cognitive impairments and central nervous system pathology knowledge in these diseases. | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| 3) 1) To be able to have basic theoretical knowledge about transcranial neuromodulation methods and to use these methods in the field of study, such as radiological and electrophysiological research and investigation methods used in neurological and psychiatric diseases such as electronomyfromography, electroencephalography, evoked potentials and neuroimaging methods. | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| 4) 1) Ability to work within the team in the field of neuroscience research | ||||||||
| 5) 1) Transcribe and present the findings and research results verbally or in writing | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 6) 1) Ability to use communication and computer technologies efficiently in their work. | ||||||||
| 7) 2) Having a sense of ethical responsibility in research. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 8) 1) Undertake the responsibility of the task alone and carry out independent work. | ||||||||
| No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Average | 3 Highest |
| Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
| 1) | 1) To be able to define the basic concepts of neuroscience, understand and express neurophysiological functions of brain and neuroanatomical structures, functional organization of central nervous system and basic principles of normal functioning. | 3 |
| 2) | 2) To have theoretical knowledge about etiopathogenesis of neurological and psychiatric diseases and to have knowledge of neurological and cognitive impairments and central nervous system pathology knowledge in these diseases. | 2 |
| 3) | 1) To be able to have basic theoretical knowledge about transcranial neuromodulation methods and to use these methods in the field of study, such as radiological and electrophysiological research and investigation methods used in neurological and psychiatric diseases such as electronomyfromography, electroencephalography, evoked potentials and neuroimaging methods. | 2 |
| 4) | 1) Ability to work within the team in the field of neuroscience research | |
| 5) | 1) Transcribe and present the findings and research results verbally or in writing | 2 |
| 6) | 1) Ability to use communication and computer technologies efficiently in their work. | |
| 7) | 2) Having a sense of ethical responsibility in research. | 1 |
| 8) | 1) Undertake the responsibility of the task alone and carry out independent work. |
| Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
| Midterms | 1 | % 40 |
| Final | 1 | % 60 |
| total | % 100 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 40 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 60 | |
| total | % 100 | |
| Activities | Number of Activities | Workload |
| Course Hours | 16 | 32 |
| Study Hours Out of Class | 16 | 64 |
| Quizzes | 3 | 9 |
| Midterms | 1 | 30 |
| Final | 1 | 60 |
| Total Workload | 195 | |