Selected Topics in Biopsychology | Ayla Arslan

Is human behavior a product of brain anatomy and physiology? Can psychology be considered as a biological discipline? What causes mental disorders? Why, despite the impressive advances in scientific knowledge in the post-genomic era, the development of treatments for mental illness remains such a challenge? Is a breakthrough possible in this area?

The course helps listeners to better understand the various manifestations of mental states, and it will be a window to ourselves and other people around us. There is special emphasis on depression, fear, psychopathy, and propensity to commit crimes.

Ayla Arslan was born in Istanbul and studied at the Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey. In 2002, she was awarded the scholarship of the German Research Foundation (DFG - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) to pursue her doctorate at Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg (Heidelberg University), Germany. In 2006, she completed it under the supervision of Hilmar Bading. During this time, Ayla Arslan worked on the molecular factors involved in the trafficking of GABA (A) receptors using methodologies of genetic engineering, biochemistry, cell biology, and bioinformatics.

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