- Docente: Maria Ida Gobbini
- Credits: 1
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Medicine and Surgery (cod. 8415)
Learning outcomes
This course will focus on the the experimental methods to investigate cognitive processes such as physiological and pathological altered state of consciousness (sleep and vegetative state), perception and memory with a particular attention to the neurophysiological bases of emotion and non verbal communication. Recognizing the basic components of the strategies of informative and persuasive communication is key to improve patient’s cooperation and adherence to medical care.
Course contents
Methods in neuroscience. An historical perspective on research approaches in neuroscience: from the study of brain lesions to functional magnetic resonance (fMRI). Difference between fMRI and Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
Altered state of consciousness: sleep, coma and vegetative state.
Faces as important tools for communications. Why studying face perception: recognition of a wide varieties of signs that play a role not only for diagnosis but also for efficient interpersonal communication. Recognition of from identity. Plastic surgery and the ethical issues of face transplant. The neural mechanisms for face perception. Recognition of facial expressions of emotion. Gaze perception in clinical populations. Autisms.
Readings/Bibliography
A pdf of the powerpoint presentation will be available on "Insegnamenti Online" after each lecture. Pdfs of the powerpoint presentations of the lectures will be the material to be reviewed for the written exam.
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The following textbooks are recommended if you want to explore further the topics covered in class but it will not be part of the written exam.
1. Feldman R.S., PSICOLOGIA GENERALE. McGraw-Hill
2. Psicologia generale. La scienza della mente e del pensiero.
(a cura di T. Marzi A. Peru, R. Merlini (Traduttore), L. Tasso (Traduttore).
Ed McGraw Hill
Teaching methods
Lectures with slides. At the end of each lecture a pdf with the powerpoint presentation will be distributed to students. Pdfs with the powerpoint presentations of the lectures will be the material to be reviewed for the written exam at the end of the course.
Assessment methods
Exam with multiple choice questions.
The test consists of 5-choice questions. Only one answer is correct. For each correct answer the score will be +1. If the answer is wrong the score will be -0.25 and 0 for no answer.
If the final score of the written exam is 15/33, students can request an oral exam.
The final grade is the result of the average of the grades of all the courses that are part of the CI, adjusted based on the number of CFU of each course.
The student can refuse the grade within 7 days from publication by sending an e-mail to Prof. Paolo Maria Russo (p.russo@unibo.it)
Teaching tools
At the end of each lecture the pdf of the slide will be distributed through the online platform.
During the lectures, several videos will be shown with examples of the concepts covered in class.Office hours
See the website of Maria Ida Gobbini