Psychology · Boston College
This course will examine recent work being conducted in cognitive psychology and neuroscience to understand the effects of healthy aging on the cognitive and neural processes associated with functions such as perception, language, memory, and emotion. The course will introduce and examine research studies that rely on a variety of research methods, including behavioral testing, functional neuroimaging (e.g., fMRI), and structural imaging, and will focus on how the integration of these methods has allowed researchers to better understand the effects of aging. Although the course will focus on h
