PSYC 593

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Credit: 0 TO 4 hours.

Discussion of current topics in their historical setting, with special emphasis on research problems.

4 graduate hours. No professional credit. May be repeated if topics vary.

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PSYC 593 class schedule data for spring 2016
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
52860	Lecture-Discussion	AC	1:30PM -3:20PM	T	Psychology Building	Cimpian, A	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/19/16-05/04/16 Section Title: Current Topics in Dev Psyc
37657	Lecture-Discussion	AK	10:00AM -11:30AM	F	Beckman Institute	Kramer, A	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/19/16-05/04/16 Credit: 2 hours Section Title: Human Cog & Brain Plasticity Section Info: Title: Human Cognitive and Brain Plasticity Across the Lifespan Requirements: Graduate student status in Neuroscience, Psychology or Kinesiology (or permission of instructor) Location: Director's conference room, 1st floor of the Beckman Institute Seminar Description: We will discuss research - both from the extant literature and on-going and planned research projects carried our by students and post-doc's - on the topic of human cognitive and brain plasticity across the lifespan. A number of lifestyle factors which engender plasticity (e.g. Physical activity, intellectual engagement, social interaction, nutrition) will be discussed and explored. Restriction(s): Restricted to students in the Psychology, Kinesiology & Community Health, or Neuroscience Program department. Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
47522	Lecture	AL1	10:00AM -11:50AM	F	Psychology Building	Lleras, A	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/19/16-05/04/16 Section Title: Distraction Section Info: In this seminar, we will read, examine and discuss the state-of-the-art research on Distraction. But what is "distraction"? There are different ways in which the concept of distraction has been defined, characterized and studied. Although most would argue that distraction (or distractibility) is a "negative" (as in it causes decrements in the desired level of performance), others have argued that it can be an index of something "positive" (availability of excess capacity), or, in the case of mind-wandering (distraction by your own thoughts) perhaps something adaptive, even if, in the extreme, it can be linked to mood disorders (e.g., excessive rumination). But of course, the devil is in the details: different paradigms, different constructs, conflicting results... but all important and interesting papers. Join the debate! Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
63701	Lecture-Discussion	DI2	3:00PM -4:50PM	W	Psychology Building	Irwin, D	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/19/16-05/04/16 Section Title: Eye Movements Section Info: Credit Hours: 2 or 4 We move our eyes approximately 200,000 times each day. Eye movements have many effects on various aspects of psychological experience and they have become a very common and informative measure of performance in many areas of psychology. In this seminar we will read and discuss articles of interest to the seminar participants with the goal of understanding eye movements and their impacts. Topics might include things like the relationship between eye movements and attention, the effect of eye movements on memory and perception, eye movements and human factors, and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing.
48578	Lecture-Discussion	DS2	9:00AM -10:50AM	W	Psychology Building	Simons, D	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/19/16-05/04/16 Credit: 2 hours Section Title: Research and Analysis Skills Section Info: This graduate seminar will explore best practices in research design and analysis through readings, presentations, and hands-on practice. The first part of the course will focus on Bayesian data analysis and Bayes Factors. The second part of the course will consider a broader range of best practices in research through student-led, hands-on, practical tutorials. The topics for these tutorials will be determined by student interest. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
37761	Lecture-Discussion	ET	10:00AM -11:50AM	T	Psychology Building	Telzer, E	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/19/16-05/04/16 Section Title: Dev Social Neuroscience
52683	Lecture-Discussion	FLD	11:00AM -12:50PM	F	Beckman Institute	Dolcos, F	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/19/16-05/04/16 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Topics in Affective Neurosci Section Info: This class will be in Beckman Room 5369 Description: Emotion is a double-edged sword - in some circumstances the enhanced significance of emotional stimuli can benefit cognitive processes (e.g. better memory for emotional events), while in others it can hinder them and cause detrimental effects on behavior (e.g., increased emotional distractibility). On the other hand, emotion processing is also susceptible to cognitive influences (e.g., cognitive control of emotion). Despite their relevance for understanding brain function in both healthy and clinical conditions, the neural mechanisms mediating the interactions between emotion and cognition are not well understood. This seminar will discuss current topics in the literature on emotion-cognition interactions, with a focus on the associated neural correlates. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
37745	Lecture-Discussion	JR	3:00PM -3:50PM	W	Beckman Institute	Rhodes, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/19/16-05/04/16 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Analysis of Your Messy Data Section Info: This class will meet in Room 3369 at Beckman. This class is intended for graduate students that have data of their own and wish to hone or expand various statistical techniques for analyzing their data. Students are expected to already have taken at least one applied statistics class and have some exposure to statistical analysis of real data. The class will be a combination of lecture, discussion, and data analysis. Lectures will cover topics such as interpreting an ANOVA table, paired t-tests, multiple regression, polynomial regression, analysis of covariance, residual distributions, outliers, principle component analysis, permutation tests, non-parametric tests, transforming your data to normality, effect size, p-value, confidence intervals, mixed models, random effects, repeated measures, split plot design, blocking variables, logistic regression, and fisher exact test. There will be several quizzes and a final project. The final project will consist of a report that includes a brief explanation of their experimental design, statistical methods, and results section including graphs or tables of fully analyzed datasets collected by the students. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
64283	Laboratory	SB1	12:00PM -1:50PM	M	Psychology Building	Sadaghiani, S	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/19/16-05/04/16 Section Title: Functional Neuroimaging Lab
64284	Laboratory	SB2	2:00PM -3:50PM	M	Location Pending	Sadaghiani, S	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/19/16-05/04/16 Section Title: Functional Neuroimaging Lab
43894	Lecture	SL	1:00PM -2:50PM	W	Lincoln Hall	Sadaghiani, S	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/19/16-05/04/16 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Functional Neuroimaging Lab Section Info: Basic principles underlying "scanning" the brain using functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI). The course introduces how to use an MRI scanner, the basic biophysics that makes functional imaging of neural activity possible, experimental design for fMRI, and basic analysis of fMRI data. The lab involves preprocessing and statistical analysis of an fMRI dataset. You must sign up for the lecture and one of the two 593 Labs. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
54609	Lecture-Discussion	TS	9:30AM -11:30AM	T	Psychology Building	Sher, T	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/19/16-05/04/16 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Behavior Medicine Section Info: This advanced seminar is designed to introduce students to work within a context of the biopsychosocial model: the study of health issues from the standpoint of biological, psychological, and social factors acting together. The seminar will focus on the diagnosis, assessment and treatment of patients presenting with a variety of medical and psychiatric diagnoses in both in- and out-patient settings. Students will be exposed to issues related to working with medical professionals and within the medical system, as well as various methods/techniques that are used to help patients cope with chronic medical conditions and preventive care. The class format will be primarily seminar/discussion, with class participation expected of all students. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.