NEU 504: Advanced Psychophysiology

This course will provide an in-depth understanding of what psychophysiology is and the common methods used to understand psychophysiological responses. Common psychophysiological methods will be discussed in-depth, such as sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system, facial electromyography, electroencephalography (EEG), respiration, blood pressure, pulse rate, skin temperature, electrodermal responses, cortisol, and other neuroendocrine monitoring methods. The social, cognitive, emotional, and motivational responses to different psychological events will be explored in detail. Computational methods will be described from the fields of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and mobile computing for capturing, processing and discovering patterns in physiological and behavioral data. In addition, the course will examine how biofeedback works in educational, clinical, and experimental settings. Students may not receive credit for both PSY 2502 and NEU 504.