In this module, we will cover a number of aspects of brain function and relate them to the workings of the mind. This will include how damage to the brain...

Where mind meets brain: Psychological and Brain Processes (MEDC0111)

In this module, we will cover a number of aspects of brain function and relate them to the workings of the mind. This will include how damage to the brain improves our understanding of brain function, looking at mental processes and how they are related to observed changes in brain function using functional neuro-imaging, how hormones and transmitters and the brain interact to affect mental function and the impact of genes and treatment on mental function. The aim is to give an overall view of brain function and how it relates to the mind.

The aim of the module is:

The overall aim of this module is to provide students knowledge and understanding of how brain function, the conscious mind, sleep and behaviour interact.

To provide students knowledge about how changes in brain function due to disease or trauma affect these functions.

To reveal the relevance of the main concepts of psychiatry and build on their functional knowledge developed during year 2 neuroscience module.

To provide an introduction to the treatment of mental illness with particular focus on healthy physical, social and emotional functioning.

To give students practice on core evaluative skills to analyse relevant published data and disseminate the emerging findings through effective communication

Topics vary each year - please contact the department for more information.

Special Topics Seminar in Science, Technology and Society (HPSC0095)

FASCISM|AUTHORITARIANISM|EUROPEAN HISTORY|EASTERN EUROPEAN HISTORY|MODERN HISTORY

This module will introduce students to the ideologies and histories of the fascist movements of the region between 1918 and 1945. It will also cover the...

Fascism and Authoritarianism in Eastern Europe ,1918-1945 (HIST0494)

This module will introduce students to the ideologies and histories of the fascist movements of the region between 1918 and 1945. It will also cover the authoritarian regimes which frequently appropriated the symbols and rhetoric of fascism while remaining essentially conservative (e.g. King Carol II’s dictatorship in Romania). The module will open with an exploration of the origins and ideology of nationalism and fascism and then proceed to look at the fascist ‘debate’ i.e. the various definitions of fascism and causal theories regarding the rise of fascism which have been put forward by historians and political scientists over the decades since the Second World War. The module will then proceed with a country-by-country study of Austria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Yugoslavia. During the module, students will consider the extent to which fascist and authoritarian movements in Eastern Europe were influenced by the Italian Fascism and German National Socialism or whether they were home-grown and ‘native’.