Learning objectives
The course will allow students to acquire updated and critical notions of:
- basic features of mirror neurons;
- the main models of intersubjectivity;
- the relevance of the mirror mechanism to build a new model of basic forms of intersubjectivity.
Prerequisites
Notions of the anatomo-physiological organization of the central nervous system.
Course unit content
The course will address a new model of perception, embodied simulation, applied to the study of intersubjectivity.
Full programme
Action-Perception-Cognition. The main theoretical models of intersubjectivity Theory of Mind; Theory-Theory; Simulation Theory; Empathy). The mirror system in macaques and humans. Mirror mechanisms in emotions and sensations.. The model of Embodied Simulation and its bearing on linguistics, psychopathology and aesthetics.
Bibliography
Slides available online.
Ammaniti e Gallese - La Nascita dell'Intersoggettività. Raffaello Cortina Editore, 2013.
Gallese e Guerra - Lo Schermo Empatico. Raffaello Cortina Editore, 2015.
Teaching methods
Frontal lectures with audio-visual material.
Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination, consisting in two questions. The final score will be computed by attributing a maximum score of 15 to each of the 2 questions, for a maximum final score of 30/30. The evaluation will not be affected by having or not attended to the classes.
The evaluation of questions will be based on the following criteria:
1) Content skills or how detailed the candidate addresses the topic;
2) Exposing skills, i.e., how precise is the language used by the candidate to expose the concepts;
3) Argumentative skills, that is, how consistent and logical is the concatenation of the concepts presented.
Other information
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2030 agenda goals for sustainable development
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