PSYC4540 — Quantitative Topics in Psychology and Behavioral Neuroscience: Reviews & Ratings

PSYC4540 (Quantitative Topics in Psychology and Behavioral Neuroscience) course reviews and ratings at Northeastern (NEU). Average rating 1.0/5. Compare professors with RateMyProfessor reviews.

Surveys key quantitative topics in psychology and behavioral neuroscience. Emphasizes theory and modeling, not statistics. Specific topics vary, but all are drawn from domains in which mathematics and computation play a significant role. Topics may include Fourier analysis with applications to vision and hearing, neural circuit computation, signal detection theory applied to human and nonhuman animals' decisions, measurement of sensory magnitudes in vision and hearing, the linear algebraic theory of color matching in humans, and analysis and models of human response time. Students complete weekly readings and a final project, typically involving use of software for data analysis.

Average rating
1.0/5
Difficulty
3.0/5
Ratings
1
Last taught
Fall 2026
Credits
4 Hours
Prerequisites
(MATH 1241 with a minimum grade of D- or MATH 1251 with a minimum grade of D- or MATH 1341 with a minimum grade of D- or MATH 21EM with a minimum grade of D- ); (MATH 3081 with a minimum grade of D- or PSYC 2320 with a minimum grade of D- ); (BIOL 3405 with a minimum grade of D- or PSYC 3452 with a minimum grade of D- or PSYC 3458 with a minimum grade of D- or PSYC 241M with a minimum grade of D- or PSYC 3464 with a minimum grade of D- or PSYC 3466 with a minimum grade of D- )

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