COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE
NEUROSCIENZE COGNITIVE
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| 2024/2025 | 8 |
| Lecturer | Office hours for students | |
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| Cristina Claudia Rosazza | Thursdays h11, in-person and online, by appointment |
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Course with optional materials in a foreign language
English
This course is entirely taught in Italian. Study materials can be provided in the foreign language and the final exam can be taken in the foreign language. |
Assigned to the Degree Course
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Learning Objectives
The course aims to introduce Cognitive Neuroscience by providing the neurophysiological basis of normal and pathological cognitive processes. The different methods used by neuroscience to study the brain and behavior will be illustrated.
Program
• Introduction to Cognitive Neuroscience, brief history, overview of the nervous system, and focus on the brain (Lesson 1)
• Behavioral methods (Lesson 2)
• Electrophysiological methods (Lesson 3)
• Neuroimaging methods (Lesson 4)
• Elements of neurology (Lecture 5)
• Brain plasticity (Lecture 6)
• Vision and perception (Lecture 7)
• Object and face recognition (Lecture 8)
• Language and aphasias (Lesson 9)
• Reading and writing (Lesson 10)
• Motor control (Lesson 11)
• Attention and neglect (Lesson 12)
• Memory systems (Lesson 13 and 14)
• Executive functions and frontal lobes (Lecture 15)
• Sleep and biological rhythms (Lesson 16)
• Consciousness (Lecture 17)
• Psychophysiology of emotions (Lecture 18)
• Examination Simulation (Lecture 19)
Bridging Courses
It is necessary to have taken the exam of Elementi di Neuroscienze (or Fondamenti anatomo fisiologici dell’attività psichica)
Learning Achievements (Dublin Descriptors)
The students are expected to know:
- the cognitive functions and their neuro-physiological bases
- the Neuroscience methods used to study the brain
- how to evaluate normal and pathological behavior in the main cognitive and neuro-functional models presented during the course
Teaching Material
The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it
Supporting Activities
In addition to the slides, which are part of the study materials, scientific articles will be provided and videos shown
Teaching, Attendance, Course Books and Assessment
- Teaching
The course includes lectures, films, interactive teaching activities
- Innovative teaching methods
- Attendance
Attendance is optional but is highly recommended
- Course books
1. Gazzaniga, M.S., Ivry R.B., & Mangun G.R. (Eds). (2005). Neuroscienze Cognitive (terza edizione). Zanichelli. (Except chapters 4, 11 and 13; chapter 3 up to p.115; chapter 14 up to p. 643).
2. Bear, M.F., Connors, B.W., & Paradiso M.A. Esplorando il Cervello (quarta edizione). Edra. (Chapters 19, 20; Chapter 15 pag. 563-570; references to chapters 21, 24 e 25).
The slides are part of the study material
Suggested reading:
Rossi, S. (2020). Il cervello elettrico. Le sfide della neuromodulazione. Raffaello Cortina Editore.
Piazza, M., & Pavani, F. (2022). Le neuroscienze cognitive. Come il cervello genera la mente. Carocci editore.
- Assessment
Written test with 15 multiple choice questions + 2 open questions. Duration 60 minute
- Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)
Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.
To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.
Additional Information for Non-Attending Students
- Teaching
To allow non-attending students to compensate by self-studying what is done during the lectures, we recommend using all materials included in the blended platform (slides, tutorials, supplementary materials) that are particularly useful for fully understanding the program content.
- Course books
1. Gazzaniga, M.S., Ivry R.B., & Mangun G.R. (Eds). (2005). Neuroscienze Cognitive (terza edizione). Zanichelli. (Except chapters 4, 11 and 13; chapter 3 up to p.115; chapter 14 up to p. 643).
2. Bear, M.F., Connors, B.W., & Paradiso M.A. Esplorando il Cervello (quarta edizione). Edra. (Chapters 19, 20; Chapter 15 pag. 563-570; references to chapters 21, 24 e 25).
The slides are part of the study material
Suggested reading:
Rossi, S. (2020). Il cervello elettrico. Le sfide della neuromodulazione. Raffaello Cortina Editore.
Piazza, M., & Pavani, F. (2022). Le neuroscienze cognitive. Come il cervello genera la mente. Carocci editore.
- Assessment
Written test with 15 multiple choice questions + 2 open questions. Duration 60 minute
- Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)
Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.
To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.
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