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PSYCHOBIOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY
cod. 08526

Academic year 2008/09
2° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Psicobiologia e psicologia fisiologica (M-PSI/02)
Field
Psicologico e pedagogico
Type of training activity
Characterising
25 hours
of face-to-face activities
2 credits
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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.

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Course unit content

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 - 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

Full programme

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Bibliography

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JOHN P.J. PINEL, PSICOBIOLOGIA,IL MULINO, BOLOGNA, 2000 or JAMES W. KALAT, BIOPSICOLOGIA, EDISES, NAPOLI, 2004;<br />
D. SPINELLI, PSICOLOGIA DELLO SPORT, ZANICHELLI, BOLOGNA, 2002

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