Psychobiology (2014/2015)

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Course code
4S00766
Name of lecturer
Mirta Fiorio
Coordinator
Mirta Fiorio
Number of ECTS credits allocated
6
Academic sector
M-PSI/02 - PSYCHOBIOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY
Language of instruction
Italian
Location
VERONA
Period
Sem. IB dal Nov 17, 2014 al Jan 18, 2015.

Lesson timetable

Learning outcomes

To provide knowledge about the biological bases of cognitive and behavioral processes.

Syllabus

The program will touch the main issues addressed in Psychobiology, such as memory, learning, attention, perception, action, language. All of these cognitive functions will be dealt with a physiological point of view, by describing also the neural bases.

Introduction to Psychobiology:
a) Background
b) the principal methodological tools and techniques

Biological bases of behavior:
a) neurons and synapses
b) neuronal circuits
c) long-term potentiation

The cycle "perception-action"
a) from sensory stimuli to motor outputs
b) movements and actions
c) the neural basis

Attention:
a) endogenous and exogenous attention
b) experimental paradigms
c) the neural basis

Memory:
a) types of memory: short-term and long-term
b) experimental paradigms
c) the neural basis

The language:
a) the main theories on language
b) the neural basis

Learning:
a) theories of conditioning
b) experimental paradigms
c) neural mechanisms

The brain plasticity:
a) virtuous and harmful plasticity
b) functional reorganization
c) inter-hemispheric inhibition
d) neuromodulation

Reference books
Author Title Publisher Year ISBN Note
N. A. Campbell e J. B. Reece BIOLOGIA Zanichelli 2004
K.A. Mason, J.B. Losos, S.R. Singer Biologia. Edizione Italiana a cura di Paolo Bonaldo. 6 volumi acquistabili separatamente Piccin 2012
Carlson N Fisiologia del comportamento (Edizione 9) Piccin Nuova Libraria 2008 978-88-299-1908-6

Assessment methods and criteria

Written exam with multiple choice.

Teaching aids

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