Speech and language therapy | University of Parma

Professor: - Leonardo FOGASSI
Academic discipline: Fisiologia (BIO/09)
Field: "altre attività quali l'informatica, attività seminariali ecc."
Type of training activity: More

14 hours
of face-to-face activities

2 credits

hub: -

course unit
in ITALIAN

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Integrated course unit module: GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY AND PSYCHOBIOLOGY

Learning objectives

Learning of Basic concepts on the elaboration of some sensory systems

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

Psychophysics of perception. Somatosensory system. Auditory system. Physiology of phonation

Full programme

Anatomy of the spinal cord. Receptors and afferent fibres. Somatosensory pathways. Thalamus and cerebral cortex (areas SI and SII). Anatomy of the inner ear. Acoustic receptors and transduction. Central acoustic pathways. Primary auditory cortex. Anatomo-functional bases of phonation

Bibliography

Chapters on somatosensory and auditory system from "Kandel, Schwartz and Jessel. Principi di Neuroscienze. Ed. Ambrosiana"

Teaching methods

Class lectures.
In case of persistence of Covid emergency, the lectures will be held on-line

Assessment methods and criteria

Oral examination.
In case of the persistence of the health emergency, the exams will be conducted remotely, as follows:
remote oral questions, through the Teams platform (guide http://selma.unipr.it/).

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