Environmental Neuroplasticity
PY-5404-1
SUNY Old Westbury
- Semester
- Fall 2026
- Instructor
- Lorenz Neuwirth
- Start Date
- 06-01-2026
- Total Credits
- 4
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- 516-876-3000
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Twenty percent (one in five children) in the US live in poverty. Poverty exposes children to many physical and psychosocial stressors which directly affect brain development, maturation, and adaptation in response to the environment. These stressors are not limited to but include: lack of food security (resulting in malnutrition); substandard living conditions which pose health risks (noise and air pollution, overcrowding and poor sanitation) in unsafe neighborhoods, and exposure to environmental toxins like lead and asbestos. Low income children, both rural and urban, are at an increased risk for experiencing psychological stressors such as: family turmoil, early childhood separation, physical and psychological abuse and trauma when compared to immigrant children and adults. Over time and in combination, these psychological, psychosocial, and environmental stressors have significant effects on brain development and brain function. This senior seminar will systematically examine these poverty-related stressors and their effects on neurobiology. It will also examine factors that ameliorate these stressors and their neurobiological consequences. Students will be required to read, analyze, and discuss primary resources both orally and in writing, and produce an APA style literature review thesis paper. Offered every third semester.
Prerequisites:
Psychology 2010 Undergraduate C Or Psychology 2010 Undergraduate TC And Psychology 3010 Undergraduate C Or Psychology 3010 Undergraduate TC And Psychology 3410 Undergraduate D- Or Psychology 3410 Undergraduate TD- Or Psychology 3420 Undergraduate D- Or Psychology 3420 Undergraduate TD- Or Psychology 3610 Undergraduate D- Or Psychology 3610 Undergraduate TD- Or Psychology 3620 Undergraduate D- Or Psychology 3620 Undergraduate TD- And English 1000 Undergraduate C Or English 1000 Undergraduate TC And WRITING O.W. 50 Or English 2203 Undergraduate C Or English 2203 Undergraduate TC Or English 2205 Undergraduate C Or English 2205 Undergraduate TC Or English 2206 Undergraduate C Or English 2206 Undergraduate TC Or English 2207 Undergraduate C Or English 2207 Undergraduate TC Or English 2211 Undergraduate C Or English 2211 Undergraduate TC Or English 2214 Undergraduate C Or English 2214 Undergraduate TC Or English 2216 Undergraduate C Or English 2216 Undergraduate TC Or English 2218 Undergraduate C Or English 2218 Undergraduate TC Or English 2219 Undergraduate C Or English 2219 Undergraduate TC Or English 2221 Undergraduate C Or English 2221 Undergraduate TC Or English 2222 Undergraduate C Or English 2222 Undergraduate TC Or English 2224 Undergraduate C Or English 2224 Undergraduate C Or English 2233 Undergraduate C Or English 2233 Undergraduate TC Or English 2239 Undergraduate C Or English 2239 Undergraduate TC Or English 2248 Undergraduate C Or English 2248 Undergraduate TC
Course Area: Psychology
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Dates: 06-01-2026 - 07-02-2026
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