PSY 215 Your Brain on Art and Athletics
Our brain both enables and is influenced by art and athletic behavior. With a focus on the arts (e.g., music, drawing, dancing) and sports (e.g., football, golf, gymnastics), this course describes how brain structures enable, or are influenced by, art and athletics. Students will study how art and sports influence learning and neuroplasticity, as well as how movement and artistic expression can serve as treatments for psychological/neurological disorders (e.g., dementia, aphasia). Additional topics include the neurobiology of skill learning, vestibular processing and kinesthetics, concussion and traumatic brain injury, and how exercise can improve learning.
Credits
4
Distribution
Biopsychology Emphasis.Offered
Summer.