- Docente: Gianni Brighetti
- Credits: 8
- SSD: M-PSI/01
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Cesena
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Applied cognitive psychology (cod. 0991)
Learning outcomes
At the end of course the student:
-knows a model of the mind which refers to the affective neuroscience
- knows the normal and pathological behaviors including the neural substrates and cognitive processes
- knows the ways of functioning of the mind useful in developing research and clinical applications in the “neuropsychotherapy” using measurement techniques of cognitive behavioral expressions and emotional
- is able to collect and analyze data on cognitive function and behavioral aspects.
Course contents
The course , starting from recent evidence on the role of
epigenetics on the development of normal and pathological behavior,
develop the themes of the study of environmental and socialization
effects on behavioral disorders and mental illness.
Will be explained the effects of disorders of cognition and
described the experimental techniques for their study.
Will be examined the latest research concerning the
mechanisms of visual perception and memory in neurocognitive terms
comparing subjects with different types of pathological
behavior
The course will take place during the first semester (from October to December 2015) at the Department of Psychology in Bologna Viale Berti Pichat 5
Readings/Bibliography
Beeney JE , Levy KN , Gatzke-Kopp LM , Hallquist MN . (2014) EEG asymmetry in borderline personality disorder and depression following rejection.Personality Disorders Apr; 5(2) . 178-185
Labrie V , Pai S , Petronis A . (2012)
Epigenetics of major psychosis: progress, problems and perspectives.
Trends in genetics Sep;28(9):427-35
Kofink D , Boks MP , Timmers HT , Kas MJ . (2013)
Epigenetic dynamics in psychiatric disorders: environmental programming of neurodevelopmental processes.
Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews. Jun; 37(5) 831-845
Mak, A. D., & Lam, L. C. (2013). Neurocognitive profiles of people with borderline personality disorder. Current opinion in psychiatry, 26(1), 90-96.
Millan, M. J., Agid, Y., Brüne, M., Bullmore, E. T., Carter, C. S., Clayton, N. S., ….Young, L. J. (2012). Cognitive dysfunction in psychiatric disorders: characteristics, causes and the quest for improved therapy. Nature reviews Drug discovery, 11(2), 141-168.
Pierce, K., Marinero, S., Hazin, R., McKenna, B., Barnes, C. C., & Malige, A. (2015). Eye Tracking Reveals Abnormal Visual Preference for Geometric Images as an Early Biomarker of an Autism Spectrum Disorder Subtype Associated with Increased Symptom Severity. Biological psychiatry.
Pjetri E , Schmidt U , Kas MJ , Campbell IC . (2012)
Epigenetics and eating disorders.
Current Opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care Jul;15(4) 330-335
Wimber M , Alink A , Charest I , Kriegeskorte N , Anderson MC . (2015)
Retrieval induces adaptive forgetting of competing memories via cortical pattern suppression. Nature Neuroscience Apr; 18(4) 582-589
Zlomuzica, A., Dere, D., Machulska, A., Adolph, D., Dere, E., & Margraf, J. (2014). Episodic memories in anxiety disorders: clinical implications. Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience, 8.
Teaching methods
Lectures and lab sessions
Assessment methods
Oral examination and papers on specific issues
Teaching tools
Slides projector and some instruments for psychophysiologial measurement
Office hours
See the website of Gianni Brighetti