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This course, Addiction and neural ageing, takes its title from two topics that are of immense worldwide social, economic, ethical, and political importance. You will develop a Master's level approach to the study of specific issues within these two important subject areas.

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This course includes
Hours of videos

5 hours, 53 minutes

Units & Quizzes

26

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Certificate of Completion

Course learning outcomes

After studying this course, you should be able to:

  • Understand the complex nature of addiction and neural ageing from both biological and psychological perspectives
  • Recognise the contribution of different scientific disciplines to our understanding of several contemporary topics in addiction and neural ageing
  • Critically evaluate and discuss specific scientific arguments related to addiction and neural ageing
  • Communicate the importance of an interdisciplinary approach to studying issues in biological psychology, using addiction and neural ageing as examples.

Course Currilcum

  • Introduction 00:15:00
  • Learning outcomes 00:07:00
    • Popular conceptions about addiction and neural ageing 00:15:00
    • Introduction 00:10:00
    • Specific issues in addiction 00:30:00
    • Central questions in addiction 00:25:00
    • Addiction article 1 00:03:00
    • Before reading this article: 00:10:00
    • After reading this article: 00:25:00
    • Addiction article 2 00:10:00
    • Introduction 00:10:00
    • Definitions of ageing 00:15:00
    • Genes and ageing 00:15:00
    • Mechanisms that affect ageing of cells 00:05:00
    • The ageing brain 00:15:00
    • Consequences of neural ageing 00:20:00
    • Ageing brains: hope for the future 00:10:00
    • Introduction 00:05:00
    • Neural ageing: article 1 00:15:00
    • Free radicals and ageing 00:15:00
    • Calorie restriction 00:15:00
    • Neural ageing: article 2 00:05:00
    • Before reading the article: 00:20:00
    • Conclusion after reading this article: 00:05:00
    • Levels of explanation: the key to understanding addiction and neural ageing 00:30:00
    • Conclusion 00:03:00