78158 - Cognitive Psychology of Sports

Academic Year 2016/2017

Learning outcomes

The course will deepen the knowledge on the functioning of the cognitive system of athletes. In particular, it will explore how the expertise gained by the athletes have enhanced and changed some cognitive abilities such as attention, motor anticipation and perception of objects and movement.

Course contents

The coirse will be provided students with the basic knowledge of how the athlete acquires, stores and retrieves information, learns new knowledge, makes decisions, changes her/his own attentional style within the environment. In particular we will analyze the mechanisms of learning and memory associated with movements.

Readings/Bibliography

Slides of the classes. The students can download them from this website: http://campus.unibo.it/

Teaching methods

24-hours teaching - 12 classes

Assessment methods

Written exam with 3 open questions on the main topics of the course

Office hours

See the website of Alessia Tessari

See the website of Anna Lisa Zandonella