Neurobiology of Nutrition

Uitgebreide vaknaam	Neurobiology of Nutrition
Leerdoelen	At the end of the course, the student is able to: 1. Assess ingestive behavior/nutrients in relation to energy balance and activity, and the interactions hereof with other behaviors cq. emotions. 2. Propose a testable hypotheses based on appropriately selected literature; 3. Design experiments to test the formulated hypotheses related to nutrition and behavior; 4. Critically judge, and evaluate their designed experiments of their own and others; 5. Critically evaluate the obtained data from their own and other experiments.
Omschrijving	The aim of the course Neurobiology of Nutrition is to provide a basis for (human) ingestive behavior in relation to energy balance and activity, and the interactions hereof with other behaviors cq. emotions. The Lectures include: 1) Introduction into Neurobiology of Nutrition 2) Measuring Food intake 3) Coping style 4) Nutrition and depression 5) Stress and Nutrition 6) Food products 7) Taste perception 8) Food reward Based on the lectures 1), 2) and 3) students in groups of 4 each will develop a main experiment in the realm of Neurobiology of Nutrition, which they will introduce in an oral presentation, and this will be carried out during the course. Finally, they will have to present the outcome of this experiment (pitch talk), and each student will write a report on it. In addition, each student group (of 4 each) will prepare two lectures on state of the art issues based on the remaining lectures, which they will present orally.
Uren per week	40
Onderwijsvorm	Hoorcollege (LC), Opdracht (ASM), Practisch werk (PRC), Werkcollege (T) (Self Study (20hrs), LC (14hrs), T (24hrs), PRC (82hrs);All parts are mandatory. If students miss a part, a repair assignment will be asked.)
Toetsvorm	Presentatie (P), Verslag (R) (R (40%), P-1 (40%), P-2 (20%); The final grade exists of the two short project presentations (20% each), final presentation on the research project (20%), and final report (40%). The presentations will be graded by peers (50%) and teachers (50%). To pass the course a grade of at least 5.5 for each item is required.)
Vaksoort	master
Coördinator	prof. dr. G. van Dijk
Docent(en)	and others ,dr. B. Buwalda ,prof. dr. A.J.W. Scheurink
Verplichte literatuur	Titel Auteur ISBN Prijs Extensive information will be available on Brightspace
Entreevoorwaarden	The course unit assumes prior knowledge acquired from Biology or Life Science-oriented programs.
Opmerkingen
Opgenomen in	Opleiding Jaar Periode Type MSc Behavioural and Cognitive Neurosciences: Behavioural Neurosciences  (Electives: courses from other programmes) 2 semester I a keuze MSc Behavioural and Cognitive Neurosciences: Cognitive Neuroscience & Modelling  (Electives: courses from other programmes) 2 semester I a keuze MSc Behavioural and Cognitive Neurosciences: Molecular & Clinical Neurosciences  (Electives: courses from other programmes) 2 semester I a keuze MSc Biomedical Sciences: Biology of Ageing  (Electives (10 ECTS)) - semester I a keuze MSc Biomedical Sciences: Biology of Cancer and Immune System  (Electives ) - semester I a keuze MSc Biomedical Sciences: Biology of Food and Nutrition  ( Masters Courses) - semester I a keuzegroep MSc Biomedical Sciences: Neuroscience  ( Masters Courses) - semester I a keuzegroep MSc Biomedical Sciences: Research  (Electives) - semester I a keuze MSc Biomedical Sciences: Science, Business and Policy  (Electives (10 ECTS)) - semester I a keuze