Psychology Colloquium: Peter Balsam, Barnard College & Columbia University
Thursday, September 17, 4:15 PM - 5:30 PM
Psychology 136
This event is open to the public.
“Psychology, Neuroscience and Psychiatry: Historical perspectives and new strategies”
An understanding of psychiatric disorders requires a merging of methods from psychology and neurobiology. Psychology has created powerful methods for isolating and characterizing the functional properties of behavioral and cognitive regulation mechanisms. Neurobiology has developed methods that permit an unprecedented understanding of the biological substrates of behavior and cognition. In our work with a transgenic mouse model of schizophrenia we have found remarkable similarities between the mouse and patients with respect to altered neurobiology and consequent deficits in motivation and cognition. The synergy between basic psychological science, neurobiology and psychiatry has great potential to lead to deeper understanding of behavior and neurobiology as well as lead to improvements in diagnosis and treatment in clinical settings.
For more information, contact Dan Reisberg.
Submitted by Joan Meyer.
Posted on Aug 21, 2015