PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY
Academic Year 2022/2023 - Teacher: SIMONA MASSIMINOExpected Learning Outcomes
To define the neural basis of superior nervous functions.
Study of mechanisms that govern cognitive and emotional processes.
To analyze the role of genetic and environmental influences on development of psychic functions.
Course Structure
Should teaching be carried out in mixed mode or remotely, it may be necessary to introduce changes with respect to previous statements, in line with the programme planned and outlined in the syllabus.
Learning assessment may also be carried out on line, should the conditions require it.
Detailed Course Content
1. Brain and mind: historical aspects
2. Cognitive processes and neural activity.
3. Memory and learning
4. Attentional processes
5. Sleep and dream
6. Hypnosis.
7. Language.
8. Gnosis and praxis
9. Executive functions.
10. Intelligence.
11 Emotional processes, Emotions and autonomic responses. Emotions and stress. Emotions and behavior.
12. Anxiety and aggression.
13. The action and its motivations.
14. Sexual behavior.
Textbook Information
1. NEUROSCIENZE COGNITIVE, di Gazzaniga, Ivry, Mangun. Editore: Zanichelli, 2021
2. FONDAMENTI DI PSICOLOGIA FISIOLOGICA, di Neil R. Carlson, R. Bellucci, Editore: PICCIN. Anno 2003 (capitolo 8 e 9)
3. Materiale didattico fornito dalla docente
Course Planning
| Subjects | Text References | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Storia delle neuroscienze | 1 (cap 1) |
| 2 | Struttura sistema nervoso centrale | 1 (cap 2) |
| 3 | Apprendimento e memoria | 1 (cap 9) |
| 4 | I processi attentivi | 1 (cap 7) |
| 5 | Il linguaggio - le prassie- le gnosie | 1 (cap 4 - 6 - 11) |
| 6 | I processi emotivi | 1 (cap 10) |
| 7 | Ansia e stress | 1 (cap 3-10) |
| 8 | Controllo cognitivo, funzioni esecutive, intelligenza | 1 (cap 12) + materiale aggiuntivo |
| 9 | Ipnosi | materiale aggiuntivo |
| 10 | Il comportamento sessuale | 2 (cap 9) e/o materiale fornito dal docente |
| 11 | Sonno e sogni | 2 (cap 8) e/o materiale fornito dal docente |