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Fall 2015
Lecture: Monday, Wednesday 4:00 pm 5:20 pm
Lab: Wednesday 5:30 pm - 6:20 pm
Professor: Michael Dawson, Ph.D.
Criminology
Marketing
Medicine
Neuroscience
Physiology
Physical and
Occupational Therapy
Course Description: This course examines relationships between emotions and bodily responses. The bodily
responses are those that can be recorded from the periphery of the human body. Examples include:
Heart Rate
Blood Pressure
Muscle Tension
Sweat Gland Activity
Brain Waves
Brain Imaging
Lectures, discussions, videos, hands-on demonstrations, and laboratories are used to understand the relationship
between these bodily responses and emotions.
Prerequisites: PSYC 100, PSYC 274, and PSYC 314 or by approval of Professor and Director of Psychology
Got Questions? Feel free to send Dr. Dawson an email at mdawson@usc.edu
Looking more information on Dr. Dawsons research? Check out the USC Dawson Lab page:
http://dornsife.usc.edu/labs/dawson