Learning objectives
AIM OF THIS COURSE IS TO ASSESS THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN MENTAL PROCESSES AND THEIR NEURAL BASES WITH EMPHASIS ON THE FUNCTIONS MODULATING MOTOR BEHAVIOUR
Course unit content
AIMS AND METHODS OF PSYCHOBIOLOGY - CODING OF SENSORY INFORMATION - NEURAL BASES OF VISUAL PERCEPTION - SPATIAL ATTENTION AND NEGLECT - CORTICAL ORGANIZATION OF MOVEMENT - COGNITIVE ASPECTS OF MOVEMENT - MEMORY AND AMNESIA - NEURAL BASES OF MEMORY - HEMISPHERIC LATERALIZATION - CORTICAL LOCALIZATION OF LANGUAGE
Bibliography
JOHN P.J. PINEL, PSICOBIOLOGIA,IL MULINO, BOLOGNA, 2000 or JAMES W. KALAT, BIOPSICOLOGIA, EDISES, NAPOLI, 2004