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Addiction and neural ageing
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This free course, Addiction and neural ageing, takes its title from two topics that are of immense worldwide social, economic, ethical, and political importance. You will develop a Master's level approach to the study of specific issues within these two important subject areas.Course learning outcomes
After studying this course, you should be able to:
- understand the complex nature of addiction and neural ageing from both biological and psychological perspectives
- recognise the contribution of different scientific disciplines to our understanding of several contemporary topics in addiction and neural ageing
- critically evaluate and discuss specific scientific arguments related to addiction and neural ageing
- communicate the importance of an interdisciplinary approach to studying issues in biological psychology, using addiction and neural ageing as examples.
First Published: 09/08/2012
Updated: 13/02/2018
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