PSYCHOBIOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY APPLIED TO SPORT
| PSYCHIATRY (1 credits) | PSYCHOBIOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY (2 credits) |
| DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY AND EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY (2 credits) |
Learning outcomes of the course unit
Aims of the course:
The Course is intended to cover the fundamental elements of the assessment of THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN MENTAL PROCESSES AND THEIR NEURAL BASES WITH EMPHASIS ON THE FUNCTIONS MODULATING MOTOR BEHAVIOR; psychological and biological bases of normal and pathological behaviour, motivations,emotions and sport, and psychomotor development.
Course contents summary
Course Program:
AIMS AND METHODS OF PSYCHOBIOLOGY - CODING OF SENSORY INFORMATION - NEURAL BASES OF VISUAL PERCEPTION - PERCEPTION OF SHAPE, DEPTH AND MOVEMENT - PERCEPTION AND ACTION - SPATIAL ATTENTION AND NEGLECT - DISSOCIATION BETWEEN IMPLICIT AND EXPLICIT KNOWLEDGE - DIVIDED ATTENTION - ATTENTION AND SPORT - SENSORYMOTOR SYSTEM - CORTICAL ORGANIZATION OF MOVEMENT - COGNITIVE ASPECTS OF MOVEMENT - MEMORY AND AMNESIA - NEURAL BASES OF MEMORY - MOTOR LEARNING - STUDY METHODS IN HEMISPHERIC LATERALIZATION - DIFFERENCES BETWEEN RIGHT AND LEFT HEMISPHERE - CORTICAL LATERALIZATION OF LANGUAGE
Psychological and biological causes of performance anxiety-motivations-general principles and mental function-intrinsic motivation and drive for success -Emotions and sport –personality-Groups, group dynamics and sport-Gender differences and physical exercise, sport and well being-the biological bases of psychophysical well being-Doping and related psychological problems-Eating disorders and compulsive physical exercise-the prestation-performance anxiety-Mental preparation in Endurance Sports-The principal stages of psychomotor development
SSD Med/25: Prof. Mario Amore (Coordinator), SSD M-PSI/04: Prof. Lucia Riggio, SSD MED/39: Prof. Francesco Pisani
Useful addresses
Neuroscience Department, Section of Psychiatry, Via del Quartiere n,2 43100 Parma - tel 0521-206561-703508- Fax 0521-230611
Coordinator of the Course: Prof. Mario Amore Tel. 0521- 206561 – e-mail:mario.amore@unipr.it
Recommended readings
JOHN P.J. PINEL, PSICOBIOLOGIA,IL MULINO, BOLOGNA, 2000
D. SPINELLI, PSICOLOGIA DELLO SPORT, ZANICHELLI, BOLOGNA, 2002
