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In this course, we will visit some of Oliver Sacks’ accounts of his patients and their neurological predicaments and learn about neurocircuitryunderlying the observed conditions. The goal of this course in neuroscienceis to understand some of the principal functions of neural circuits that govern human behavior and perception from the perspective of basic neuroscience research and learn what happens when these principles go awry.

Prerequisites: PSY 106 or 111; Open to Psychological & Brain Sciences, Biopsychology, and Interdisciplinary Studies majors only.

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Ikuko Smith
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Fall 2024 . Smith I
PHELP1260
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14:00 PM - 16:50 PM
Spring 2025 . Smith I
ILP 2211
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12:00 PM - 14:50 PM
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PSY 163IT Smith I Fall 2025 Total: 74
PSY 163IT Smith I Spring 2025 Total: 85
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MCDB126B . Smith I A Month Ago

She's definitely better than Dr.Azarenko but gave harder questions. Way better than Azarenko! She's really polite and respectful. The only problem is that she tested something that's on a single slide as a FRQ (though Dr.Azarenko did the same thing on 126 final)

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PSY163IS . Smith I 10 Months Ago

One of the best professors I had, super nice. Class is very simple and not hard.

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MCDB126B . Smith I 1 Year, 1 Month Ago

decent bit harder than Olga but a better lecturer. Exam questions are much less straightforward and smith expects you to know the material much more in depth; one off statements that are only on one slide are fair game for exams. Does occasionally bring snacks for the class though

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PSY163IS . Smith I 2 Years Ago

Professor Smith is definitely one of the best instructors I've had at UCSB or really just in general. Her class (Neurocircuitry) is super interesting and the way she orients each week around a different case study/disorder made the class very real life applicable while not being too overwhelming at all. Fun class taught by a nice person :)

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MCDB126B . Smith I 6 Years Ago

Writes pretty easy question for her portion of it. memorize the slides and you are Gucci.

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PSY163IS . Smith I 6 Years Ago

I was really excited to take this class and it was the complete opposite of what I was expecting. Maybe it would have been interesting if she had actually explained the material instead of just throwing out a ridiculous amount of complex terminology and expecting us to blindly memorize it. I would have appreciated being taught the actual logic.

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