PSYC 461: Learning and Memory

Course Description

This course explores how humans and animals learn about our environments and ourselves. We discuss major theories and research results related to learning and memory in a range of animals with an emphasis on human learning. Topics include improving long-term memory, how emotion influences our memories, why we remember some things and forget others, and why and when we are likely to form false memories. Students cannot receive credit for bothPSYC 461andPSYC 561. (YR).