Hormones+and+behavior

toc =Physiology and behaviour=

You must know details of the functions of **TWO** hormones in human behavior Text sources:
 * Learning outcome**
 * ** Using one or more examples, explain functions of two hormones in human behaviour. **
 * The difference between a hormone and a neurotransmitter**
 * Crane - pages 49 - 50
 * Law et al - pages 54 - 58

Student projects on hormones
**Task**: Investigation activity on hormones **Product**: The creation of a learning documentary/teaching film

Aim
To understand the functions of at least TWO hormones on human behavior

Documentary format

 * Length:** **between 3 - 5 minutes** (absolutely no more than 5)
 * You may use iMovie or any other movie tool you wish
 * This is a teaching documentary, so ensure that you have sufficient detail

=Hormone projects= Click here for the student hormone iMovies

Oxytocin
[|The orgasmic history of oxytocin: love, lust and labor] (Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism) [|Autism: oxytocin improves social behavior of patients] (Science Daily) [|'Love hormone' may play wider role in social interaction than previously thought, scientists say]
 * Useful sources:**

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 * Oxytocin and autism youtube**

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Melatonin
[|The pineal gland] [|Details of melatonin] [|Melatonin and sleep disorders] [|Light from Self-Luminous Tablet Computers Can Affect Evening Melatonin, Delaying Sleep]
 * Carskadon studies on sleep**
 * [|Sleep and teen health] (Carskadon's study - melatonin and changing sleep patterns in adolescents)
 * [|Sleep deprivation may be undermining teen health] (scroll down the page for a description of Carskadon's work)
 * [|Later school start times]
 * Carskadon et al, [|Adolescent Sleep Patterns, Circadian Timing, and Sleepiness at a Transition to Early School Days]
 * [|Evening alcohol suppresses salivary melatonin in young adults.]

Cortisol
[|Cortisol and adrenal function]

Connections between cortisol and increased appetite - [|http://www.unm.edu/~lkravitz/Article%20folder/stresscortisol.html]

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 * Cortisol and stress youtube**

Dopamine
[|The connection between dopamine, risk taking, and addiction]