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 psychopathology.
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 in remote streaming with audio-visual material. Lectures will be recorded and uploaded on Elly.
Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination.
Other information
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