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Description
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.
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 Curriculum
- Introduction 00:15:00
- Learning outcomes 00:07:00
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- Popular conceptions about addiction and neural ageing 00:15:00
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- 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 00:05:00
- 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
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