Cerebral plasticity and learning (2010/2011)

Learning outcomes

CEREBRAL PLASTICITY AND LEARNING
(dott. Valentina Moro)
2 crediti


Settore scientifico-disciplinare: M-PSI/02

Educational aims:
The aim of the course is to extend knowledge of the connetions between learning and the structure of the brain. The subject of cerebral plasticity, resulting from the interaction between biological identity and the environment, will be explored.
Students will learn to understand how this interaction occurs in normal learning conditions, in pathological cases and during the recovery process after brain damage.
In addition, they will discover how recent studies in the field of neuroscience are increasingly integrated with psychological, pedagogical and anthropological knowledge.

Course programme:
Course topics

• Cerebral plasticity from evolutionary, neuroscientific and educational standpoints
• Experimental evidence of human cerebral plasticity
• Education and rehabilitation based on experimental data
• How can neuroscience assist in education and rehabilitation?

Bibliography:
Moro V., Filippi B “La plasticità cerebrale: alle radici del cambiamento” SEID, Firenze 2009.
Further texts will be provided by the lecturer during the course for team work and intercisciplinary studies

Modalità di valutazione:
Written exam.