PSYCHOBIOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY
cod. 08526

Academic year 2010/11
2° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Psicobiologia e psicologia fisiologica (M-PSI/02)
Field
Psicologico, pedagogico e sociologico
Type of training activity
Characterising
16 hours
of face-to-face activities
2 credits
hub: -
course unit
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Integrated course unit module: PSYCHOBIOLOGY OF MOTOR AND SPORT ACTIVITIES

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

Prerequisites

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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

Full programme

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Bibliography

JOHN P.J. PINEL, PSICOBIOLOGIA,IL MULINO, BOLOGNA, 2000 or JAMES W. KALAT, BIOPSICOLOGIA, EDISES, NAPOLI, 2004

Teaching methods

ORAL LESSON

Assessment methods and criteria

WRITTEN EXAM

Other information

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