The syllabus will be a combination of papers about methodology and open science practices in general, such as Daniël Lakens' recent preprint
The practical alternative to the p-value is the correctly used p-value https://psyarxiv.com/shm8v,
papers about methodological concerns in affective neuroscience, such as:
Leng, G., & Ludwig, M. (2016). Intranasal Oxytocin: Myths and Delusions. Biological Psychiatry, 79(3), 243-250. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2015.05.003
Iannetti, G. D., Salomons, T. V., Moayedi, M., Mouraux, A., & Davis, K. D. (2013). Beyond metaphor: contrasting mechanisms of social and physical pain.Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 17(8), 371-378. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2013.06.002
Nutt, D. J., Lingford-Hughes, A., Erritzoe, D., & Stokes, P. R. (2015). The dopamine theory of addiction: 40 years of highs and lows. Nature Reviews. Neuroscience, 16(5), 305-312. doi:10.1038/nrn3939
and specific empirical papers from affective neuroscience that we will peer review during the course.