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SOCIAL NEUROSCIENCE

ACADEMIC YEAR2015/2016

COD. 1005499

dati insegnamento:

DEGREE: PSYCHOBIOLOGY AND COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE

LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION: Italian

ACADEMIC YEAR: 2015/2016

YEAR OF STUDY: 2

SEMESTER: First semester

NUMBER OF CREDITS: 12

UNIT COORDINATOR: ROLLO Dolores

CONTACT HOURS: 84

MIRROR NEURON SYSTEMS AND INTERSUBIECTIVITY (2 credits)	MIRROR NEURON SYSTEMS: APPLICATIONS (2 credits)
MIRROR NEURON SYSTEMS AND ONTOGENESIS (2 credits)	PSYCHOLOGY OF SOCIAL-AFFECTIVE DEVELOPMENT (6 credits)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

1. Knowledge and understanding. Students should get a good understanding as well as the main features of the mirror system , the functional properties of mirror mechanisms in monkeys and humans and their relevance to a new model of intersubjectivity . Students must also achieve a good understanding of the theoretical and methodological bases of the psychology of social and emotional development in early childhood.
2 . Applying knowledge and understanding. Students should be able to describe the possible applications of the mirror system to new studies , particularly in the field of rehabilitation and to relate the different theories with recent empirical findings and to identify the possible clinical implications .
3 . Making judgments . Students will develop critical thinking skills and independent judgment in dealing with descriptions of experimental studies on the issues in question .
4 . Communicaonve skills . Students will acquire the ability to communicate in a succinct but complete what they have learned .
5 . Learning skills. Students should be able to discriminate between the techniques , such as use for a specific experimental study or a trial for rehabilitation , and to learn the latest psychological and neuropsychological models of intersubjectivity

Course contents summary

The course will enable students to gain up to date knowledge and critical
- The basic aspects of the mirror system, with particular reference to aspects that relate to the understanding and imitation of action. Also discussed are the implications of the mirror system for motor rehabilitation.
- The main models of inter-subjectivity and the relevance of the mechanism of mirror neurons to build a new neuroscientific model of the basic forms of intersubjectivity.
- In some core areas of studies on the social and emotional development: from a wide range of research, both of which neuropsychological evolutionary nature, we will provide the student with knowledge and understanding early social intersubjectivity during the first year of life.

Teaching methods

Frontal classes and audio-visual lessons

Assessment methods and criteria

Written tests and oral examination

OTHER COURSES

YEAR: 1

BIOLOGICAL BASES OF BEHAVIOR
CHILD NEUROPSYCHIATRY
CLASSICAL ETHOLOGY
COGNITIVE ETHOLOGY
DATA ANALYSIS I
DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROPSYCHOLOGY
DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOPATHOLOGY
ENGLISH II
EVOLUTIONIST PSYCHOLOGY
METHODS IN PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH AND PSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATION
NEUROPHYSIOLOGY OF COGNITIVE PROCESSES
PERCEPTION AND PSYCHOPHYSICS
PSYCHOBIOLOGY AND ETHOLOGY
PSYCHOBIOLOGY OF SEXUALITY
PSYCHOBIOLOGY OF STRESS
PSYCHOLOGY OF COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
REHABILITATION OF MEMORY

YEAR: 2

CLINICAL NEUROPSYCHOLOGY
COGNITION
DATA ANALYSIS II
DYNAMIC PSYCHOLOGY, ADVANCED
MIRROR NEURON SYSTEMS AND INTERSUBIECTIVITY
MIRROR NEURON SYSTEMS AND ONTOGENESIS
MIRROR NEURON SYSTEMS: APPLICATIONS
NEUROLOGY
PSYCHIATRY
PSYCHOLOGY OF SOCIAL-AFFECTIVE DEVELOPMENT
PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY
SOCIAL NEUROSCIENCE

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