PSYC 257 - Sleep and Circadian Rhythms in Health and Disease

Credits: 3

Prerequisites: Either PSYC 110 or 111 and either PSYC 250 or BIOL 201. This course includes elements of lecture and seminar to explore, first, the neurophysiological mechanisms that govern sleep and circadian rhythms and the methods used to measure these phenomena, and, second, the role of dysregulated sleep and circadian rhythms in physical and mental health. The course ends with a discussion of how poor sleep impacts society and how society might confront population-level deficiencies in sleep. Brindle.