University of Padova
School of Psychology
CATALOGUE OF COURSE UNITS HELD IN ENGLISH FOR ERASMUS, FOREIGN AND ITALIAN STUDENTS academic year 2014 > 2015
First-cycle degree = Bachelor degree Second-cycle degree = Master degree
FOR COURSES BASED ON A SEMESTER ORGANIZATION First semester: October 1st, 2014 to January 24th, 2015 Winter exams session: January 26th, 2015 to February 28th, 2015 Second semester: March 2nd, 2015 to June 12th, 2015 Summer exams session: June 15th, 2015 to July 25th, 2015 Extra exams session: August 24th, 2015 to September 23th 2015
FOR COURSES BASED ON A TRIMESTER ORGANIZATION
First trimester: October 1st, 2014 to December 6th, 2014 Winter exams session: December 9th, 2014 to January 10th, 2015 Second trimester: January 12th, 2015 to March 14th, 2015 Spring exams session: March 16th,2015 to April 11th, 2015 Third trimester: April 13th, 2015 to June 20th, 2015 Summer exams session: June 22th, 2015 to July 25th, 2015 Extra exams session: August 24th, 2015 to September 23th 2015
University of Padova School of Psychology
Catalogue of course units held in English for Erasmus, foreign and Italian students
SECOND-CYCLE DEGREES WITH ALL THE COURSE UNITS HELD IN ENGLISH COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE AND CLINICAL NEUROPSYCHOLOGY (CN2) http://en.didattica.unipd.it/offerta/2014/PS/ PS1932/2014 Note: This is a Second-cycle degree with restricted admission and strictly limited to post-graduate students. Admission of selected Erasmus students to courses can be considered: please e-mail directly the professor/s of the course/s you’re interested in asking for her/his authorization. Information concerning courses are detailed at this website: http://dpg.unipd.it/corsi-di-studio/postgraduate-degree-course-cognitive-neuroscienceand-clinical-neuropsychology-cn2 For any inquiry about this Master, please email: cdl.cn2@unipd.it
SECOND-CYCLE DEGREES WITH SOME COURSE UNITS HELD IN ENGLISH
Academic year 2014 > 2015
- APPLIED COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY (M1AR) - CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY (M1B) - NEUROSCIENCE AND NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL REHABILITATION (M1C) - DEVELOPMENTAL AND EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY (M2) - SOCIAL, WORK AND COMMUNICATION PSYCHOLOGY (M3) - CLINICAL DYNAMIC PSYCHOLOGY (M4A) - COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY (M4B)
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PARTITION OF COURSE UNITS HELD IN ENGLISH For organizational reasons the course units have been organized in two profiles. Profile A: mainly focused on cognitive psychology and neuroscience; Profile B: mainly focused on social psychology. Erasmus students and students attending course units are free to attend any course from both profiles. We are strongly committed to avoid any overlapping in timetables, though please consider that occasional overlapping may occur between courses from two different profiles (i.e. A vs. B). Timetables will never overlap for courses framed within the same profile. first semester course units
CFU/ ECTS profile
Affective neuroscience and psychopathology
6
A
Developmental cognitive neuroscience
6
A
Innovative ideas in psychology
6
A
Learning disabilities
6
A
Psychology of emotions. Theoretical and applied aspects
6
B
Qualitative and quantitative method in social psychology
6
B
Laboratory in experimental psychology
6
A
Neuropsychology of aging
6
A
second semester course units
Advanced data analysis in developmental psychology
6
B
Anthropology applied to psychology
6
B
Environmental psychology
6
B
Ethology
6
B
Evolutionary psychology
6
B
Experimental economics: decision making, altruism, cooperation and competition
6
B
Self and identity: from the individual to the social self
6
B
Apart from this course units, also for several of our courses held in Italian the possibility is offered to the Erasmus/Foreign students to use English/other languages study material and/or to be examined in English/other languages. The complete list is available at the following link: www.psicologia.unipd.it/en/erasmus-and-international-students
INDEX
ADVANCED DATA ANALYSIS IN DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY ADVANCED SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY AND SOCIAL NEUROSCIENCE AFFECTIVE NEUROSCIENCE AND PSYCHOPATHOLOGY
LEARNING DISABILITIES
ANTHROPOLOGY APPLIED TO PSYCHOLOGY
NEUROSURGERY AND NEUROLOGY
CLINICAL NEUROPSYCHOLOGY
NEW CONCEPTS IN COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY
COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE OF ACTION
PRINCIPLES OF COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE AND NEUROIMAGING TECHNIQUES: PRINCIPLES OF COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE (MOD. A) NEUROIMAGING TECHNIQUES (MOD. B)
DEVELOPMENTAL AND AGING BRAIN DEVELOPMENTAL COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE
NEUROANATOMY NEUROLINGUISTICS AND APHASIOLOGY NEUROPSYCHOLOGY OF AGING
DEVELOPMENTAL COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE
PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY
ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
PSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTION. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED ASPECTS QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE METHODS IN SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY SELF AND IDENTITY: FROM THE INDIVIDUAL TO THE SOCIAL SELF
EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY ETHOLOGY EXPERIMENTAL ECONOMICS: DECISION MAKING, ALTRUISM, COOPERATION AND COMPETITION HUMAN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY INNOVATIVE IDEAS IN PSYCHOLOGY LABORATORY IN EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
TRENDS IN NEUROSCIENCE
ADVANCED DATA ANALYSIS IN DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
ADVANCED SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY AND SOCIAL NEUROSCIENCE
Second-cycle degree in Developmental and Educational Psychology (M2) Language: English Teaching period: second semester Lecturer: Franca Agnoli Credits: 6 CFU/ECTS
Second-cycle degree in Cognitive Neuroscience and Clinical Neuropsychology (CN2) Language: English Teaching period: second semester Lecturer: Jeffrey Kiesner Credits: 6 CFU/ECTS 1
Prerequisites Students need to have taken an Introduction to Statistics course. They should have a good command of 1) descriptive statistics; 2) basic rules of probability and probability distributions; and 3) knowledge of inferential statistics (parametric and non parametric tests). Programme Parametric effect size indices; non-parametric effect size indices. Data management; missing data and what to do with them; methods for analyzing longitudinal data. How to evaluate the practical importance of findings; how to present results in a meaningful way. Examination Oral and written examination with open questions. More information http://en.didattica.unipd.it/didattica/2014/ PS1090/2014/000ZZ/PSN1032307/N0
2 Prerequisites Students should have taken at least one social psychology course, as well as at least one course in neuroscience and neuroscience methodology. Students should also have a good knowledge of English, as the class will be conducted in English. Programme During this course we will study diverse social psychological phenomena that have been examined in the context of neuroscience, with particular attention to decision-making, aggressive behavior, status, dominance, and racial bias/discrimination. In doing so we will (1) study diverse systems that are involved in the study of social neuroscience (structural/anatomical, neuroendocrinological,); (2) critically consider the methodological approaches used to study the associations between neurological systems and social behaviors/attitudes; and (3) evaluate the theoretical contributions of these approaches and studies. Students will be expected to develop critical scientific reasoning skills, in addition to a knowledge base in this area. Examination 33% - presentation of research articles (“Defense” of articles) 33% - presentation of research articles (“Critique” of articles) 33% - written exam More information http://en.didattica.unipd.it/didattica/2014/ PS1932/2014/000ZZ/PSO2044195/N0
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AFFECTIVE NEUROSCIENCE AND PSYCHOPATHOLOGY
ANTHROPOLOGY APPLIED TO PSYCHOLOGY
Second-cycle degree in Clinical Psychology (M1B) Language: English Teaching period: first semester Lecturer: Giulia Buodo Credits: 6 CFU/ECTS
Second-cycle degree in Social, Work and Communication Psychology (M3) Language: English Teaching period: second semester Lecturer: Franco Viviani Credits: 6 CFU/ECTS 3
Prerequisites It is assumed that students have adequate knowledge on the structure and functions of central and peripheral nervous system, and on general psychopathology (acquired over the course of the first three years of study). Programme - Affective Neuroscience: general framework - Research methods in Affective Neuroscience - The neural basis of fear, reward and aggression - Anxiety and Depression - Psychopathy - Schizophrenia Examination The exam includes a written test in English, with multiple-choice, true/false, and open questions. Note: Exam registrations by proxy will not be accepted. More information http://en.didattica.unipd.it/didattica/2014/ PS1089/2014/000ZZ/PSN1032285/N0
4 Prerequisites Basic knowledge of biology, psychobiology, cultural anthropology Programme Anthropology, the study of humanity past and present, has in Italy four main subdivisions: a) Physical Anthropology: The study of the human physical variation; b) Ethnology: The crosscultural study of today’s societies; c) Cultural Anthropology: The study of cultural variation among humans; and, d) Social anthropology: The study on how contemporary human beings behave in social groups. From these viewpoints, the discipline brings together studies of peoples into a meaningful whole. Because of this orientation, anthropology is steadily growing in importance in education, industry, business, and national and international government, as well as in politics. The course is devoted to a better understanding of the human experience from an anthropological perspective. It offers a holistic approach; it pursues an understanding of persons, their lives and experience, based on the knowledge of society and culture, of biology and psychology, that have been developed within anthropology. It offers students the opportunity to explore how human and nonhuman social behavior and psychology are shaped by interlocking processes of natural and sexual selection, social transmission, and individual learning. Emphasis is upon the interrelations of biological, psychological, and socio-cultural forces at different points in the life cycle.
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Examination Written exams, with multiple choice and open questions. More information http://en.didattica.unipd.it/didattica/2014/ PS1087/2014/000ZZ/PSN1032403/N0
CLINICAL NEUROPSYCHOLOGY Second-cycle degree in Cognitive Neuroscience and Clinical Neuropsychology (CN2) Language: English Teaching period: second semester Lecturer: Sara Mondini Credits: 6 CFU/ECTS 5 Prerequisites No exams is preliminary required, however the knowledge of bases of neuropsychology is expected. Programme - Clinical neuropsychology: General issue (Medical chart, neurological examination, Laboratory testing in Neuropsychology, Neuroimaging and clinical neuropsychological Practice, Bedside examination) - Neuropsychology and the human life span (Age related memory impairment, Late-life depression, Dementias) - Neurological disorders (Assessment of movements and demyelinating, Cerebrovascular disease, Traumatic brain injury, Neurotoxicology) - Neurological syndromes (Amnestic syndrome, Neglect syndrome, Agnosia, Limb apraxia, clinical evaluation of visual perception and constructional ability, Disorders of attention, Frontal lobe function and dysfunction). Examination Written examination, multiple choice executed at the computer. More information http://en.didattica.unipd.it/didattica/2014/ PS1932/2014/000ZZ/PSO2044204/N0
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COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE OF ACTION
DEVELOPMENTAL AND AGING BRAIN
Second-cycle degree in Cognitive Neuroscience and Clinical Neuropsychology (CN2) Language: English Teaching period: second semester Lecturer: Umberto Castiello Credits: 6 CFU/ECTS
Second-cycle degree in Cognitive Neuroscience and Clinical Neuropsychology (CN2) Language: English Teaching period: first semester Lecturer: Clara Casco Credits: 6 CFU/ECTS 7
6 Prerequisites Knowledge concerned with basic principles of biology, physics and mathematics is requested. Programme • A brief history of motor neuroscience. • Cellular and molecular basis of motor control. • Structural and functional anatomy of motor control. • Methods in motor neuroscience: the contribution of kinematical and neuroimaging techniques to the study of motor functions . • Basic principles of social actions. • Comparative motor neuroscience: examples from social interactions tool use and other motor abilities. Examination The exam consists of a set of multiple-choice questions. An oral examination is possible when required by the Professor or by the Student upon completion of the written exam. More information http://en.didattica.unipd.it/didattica/2014/ PS1932/2014/000ZZ/PSO2044182/N0
Prerequisites None in particular. Programme The course consists of an introductory part in which I will address some basic concepts of plasticity in the developing brain. In particular, I will focus on neurogenesis and neural migration during prenatal development, on the phenomenon of “rise and fall” of postnatal brain development, i.e. dendritic arborisation , axons growth, synapses growth , and on the basic aspects of plasticity in the adolescent and aging brain. In the second part of the course I will develop further some fundamental concepts of neural plasticity, namely, mechanisms of neural plasticity and cortical reorganization, activity dependent neural plasticity, experience expectant plasticity, experience dependent plasticity. In the third part of the course I will focus on two methods to induce plasticity in the human brain: perceptual learning and transcranical current stimulation In the fourth part of the course I will describe the anatomical and neurophysiological bases of plasticity in the dorsal and ventral pathway of visual and auditory system as well as the development and aging of Magnocellular and parvocellular functions. This introductory session will be used as a framework to describe the plasticity phenomena in the developing and aging sensory system. In particular, for the developing sensory system, I will describe the effect of missing visual experience on cortical development and the Long-term effects of hearing lost in infancy. For the aging sensory SCHOOL OF PSYCHOLOGY # COURSE UNITS HELD IN ENGLISH
system I will develop in detail the majors issues of neuropathology and sensory decline, plasticity mechanisms to compensate sensory decline and reversal of cognitive decline by inducing positive plasticity in sensory system. Examination Written. More information http://en.didattica.unipd.it/didattica/2014/ PS1932/2014/000ZZ/PSO2044172/N0
DEVELOPMENTAL COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE Second-cycle degree in Developmental and Educational Psychology (M2) Language: English Teaching period: first semester Lecturer: Teresa Farroni Credits: 6 CFU/ECTS 8 Prerequisites Basic knowledge on general Cognitive functions like: perception, attention, language and memory. Programme We will consider questions such as: What is the nature of developmental change? What are the brain mechanisms underlying cognitive, perceptual, social, and emotional development during infancy and childhood? We will also evaluate implications of findings from developmental cognitive neuroscience for broader scientific issues including nature vs. nurture, critical periods in development, and the modularity of mental functions. An integral part of the course will be careful consideration of the major methods of developmental cognitive neuroscience including functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), recordings of evoked response potentials (ERPs), and behavioral marker tasks. We will devote particular attention to the unique challenges of applying these methods to the study of infants and children in typical and atypical development. Examination The exam will be oral and in English. More information http://en.didattica.unipd.it/didattica/2014/ PS1090/2014/000ZZ/PSO2044206/N0
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DEVELOPMENTAL COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE
ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
Second-cycle degree in Cognitive Neuroscience and Clinical Neuropsychology (CN2) Language: English Teaching period: second semester Lecturer: Francesca Simion Credits: 6 CFU/ECTS
Second-cycle degree in Community Psychology (M4B) Language: English Teaching period: second semester Lecturer: Anne Maass Credits: 6 CFU/ECTS
9 Prerequisites The students are required to know Developmental and General Psychology as well as Cognitive Neuroscience. Programme The first part of the course will be devoted to a theoretical introduction to the main topics of developmental cognitive neuroscience and the second part will be devoted to Practical seminars and to practical labs. More specifically the students will have the opportunity to attend at the Eye tracker Lab and at the Evoked Potential Lab. Examination Written examination with open questions. If the number of students is limited the examination might be oral. More information http://en.didattica.unipd.it/didattica/2014/ PS1932/2014/000ZZ/PSO2044206/N0
10 Prerequisites Good knowledge of English and interest in environmental issues. Programme How is human behavior affected by the environment? In this course we will address four main areas of environmental psychology. Focusing on environmental cognition, we will first analyze how people process environmental information and how they orient in complex physical environments. We will then examine the powerful effects of architectural and design features (including shape, light, colors, etc.) on people’s behavior, thoughts, and wellbeing. In the third part of the course, we will then explore the effects of environmental stress such as noise, heat, pollution, crowding on people’s functioning. The last part of the course is dedicated to the question of behavior change, with particular attention to strategies aimed at encouraging proenvironmental behaviors. Examination The written exam will combine multiple choice questions with a few open-ended questions. More information http://en.didattica.unipd.it/didattica/2014/ PS1735/2014/000ZZ/PSP4064930/N0
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EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY Second-cycle degree in Clinical Dynamic Psychology (M4A) Language: English Teaching period: second semester Lecturer: Andrea Sigfrido Camperio Ciani Credits: 6 CFU/ECTS 11 Prerequisites We will start exploring Evolutionary theory, it is important some fundaments of Ethology, animal behaviour, since evolutionary psychology expands the field of behavioral ecology applied to humans as compared to other animals. So the teacher suggest previously to attend Ethology course however this is not compulsory. Programme understand all aspects of evolutionary theory understand the concept of adaptation and adaptive value the concept of selected trait beauty and attractiveness mating strategies differences in personalities and their possible adaptive value infanticide sexual abuses pedophilia violence and sexual violence sexual orientation and sexual identity cad-dad theory and seduction paternal behavior fecundity and determinants of fecundity variations in populations and other human behavior issues understand all aspects of evolutionary theory understand the concept of adaptation and adaptive value the concept of selected trait beauty and attractiveness mating strategies differences in personalities and their possible adaptive value infanticide SCHOOL OF PSYCHOLOGY # COURSE UNITS HELD IN ENGLISH
sexual abuses pedophilia violence and sexual violence sexual orientation and sexual identity cad-dad theory and seduction paternal behavior fecundity and determinants of fecundity variations in populations and other human behavior issues understand all aspects of evolutionary theory understand the concept of adaptation and adaptive value the concept of selected trait beauty and attractiveness mating strategies differences in personalities and their possible adaptive value infanticide sexual abuses pedophilia violence and sexual violence sexual orientation and sexual identity cad-dad theory and seduction paternal behavior fecundity and determinants of fecundity variations in populations and other human behavior issues understand all aspects of evolutionary theory understand the concept of adaptation and adaptive value the concept of selected trait beauty and attractiveness mating strategies differences in personalities and their possible adaptive value infanticide sexual abuses pedophilia violence and sexual violence sexual orientation and sexual identity cad-dad theory and seduction paternal behavior fecundity and determinants of fecundity variations in populations and other human behavior issues Examination The exam is a multiple choice written exam, with a typical grading on a curve evaluation, that
means the average number of errors in each exam session will get the average mark and respectively less or more errors will get higher or lower marks, according to a normalization function. More information http://en.didattica.unipd.it/offerta/2014/PS/ PS1088/2014/000ZZ/1110194
ETHOLOGY Second-cycle degree in Clinical Dynamic Psychology (M4A) Language: English Teaching period: second semester Lecturer: Andrea Sigfrido Camperio Ciani Credits: 6 CFU/ECTS 12 Prerequisites Students should know elementary fundaments of genetics and biology that if missing can be acquired studying text suggested in class. Programme Classical ethology: Evolutionary theory applied to human behavior, the ethogrqam, observational methods, field data collection and analysis methods, behavior genetics, environment and behavior, evolution of signals and communication, evolution of language. eco-ethology: Comparative method, multiple hypothesis method, feeding strategies, territory and predation defense, optimization theory, evolutionary stable strategies, social behavior and theory of games. Etology and sociobiology: theory of evolution applied to sociality and adaptive value of sociality, eusociality, comparative perspective of primate sociality. Reproductive strategies and sexuality: partenogenesis and sexuality, origin of sexual behavior, parental strategies and reproductive investment, reproductive disinvestment, infanticide, and mating strategies such as polyginy, promisquity, monogamy and poliandry. Examination The written test will be focussing the course official text or in alternative texts provided in class to those which follow all lectures. Test will be multiple choice with grading on a curve to allow an equal evaluation to all partecipants. This grading system is based on the individual differences in performance of each student in comparison with the average performance of the whole class. More information http://en.didattica.unipd.it/offerta/2014/PS/ PS1088/2014/000ZZ/1116814 SCHOOL OF PSYCHOLOGY # COURSE UNITS HELD IN ENGLISH
EXPERIMENTAL ECONOMICS: DECISION MAKING, ALTRUISM, COOPERATION AND COMPETITION Second-cycle degree in Social, Work and Communication Psychology (M3) Language: English Teaching period: second semester Lecturer: Maria Dal Martello Credits: 6 CFU/ECTS
Prerequisites Basic knowledge of English. Programme Heuristics and Biases in Judgment and Decision Making Theories on Decision Making The Evolution of Altruism Games of Cooperation and Competition Strong Reciprocity and Human Altruism Happiness
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Second-cycle degree in Cognitive Neuroscience and Clinical Neuropsychology (CN2) Language: English Teaching period: second semester Lecturer: Patrizia Bisiacchi Credits: 6 CFU/ECTS 14
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Examination The examination is written and consists in answering in form of brief essays to four open questions.
HUMAN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY
Prerequisites No formal prerequisites for attending the course are required. However basic knowledge of anatomy and physiology of CNS are necessary. Programme Unit I (28 hours): EEG methods and application during the life-span and in clinical diagnosis. Prof. Bisiacchi will introduce the class to basic technical aspects of the EEG recording and analysis technique, and their use in clinical diagnosis. Unit II (14 hours): EEG and event-related designs in Cognitive Neuroscience. It will be illustrate how eeg data can be used to disclose fine-grained processing architectures subtended in the execution of a range of cognitive tasks. Examination Written and oral. Multiple choice and open questions. More information http://en.didattica.unipd.it/didattica/2014/ PS1932/2014/000ZZ/PSP4064782/N0
INNOVATIVE IDEAS IN PSYCHOLOGY
LABORATORY IN EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
Second-cycle degree in Applied Cognitive Psychology (M1AR) Language: English Teaching period: first femester Lecturer: Peter Kramer Credits: 6 CFU/ECTS
Second-cycle degree in Neuroscience and Neuropsychological Rehabilitation (M1C) Language: English Teaching period: second semester Lecturer: Giovanni Galfano Credits: 6 CFU/ECTS 15
Prerequisites Students must be able to comprehend scientific English, but need not be able to speak or write English well. Programme Among the topics discussed are: How parasites take control over brains. How our daily bread puts our mental health at risk. How your genes are sacrificing you for their benefit. What your body tells about your brain. How I can know your decisions before you do. How you can mistake yourself with somebody else. How your thoughts are not free, but guided by evolution. Why we should consider locking people up before they commit a crime. How I can know your political preference without asking you. Why women’s choice of men changes with their menstrual cycle. Examination Multiple choice More information http://en.didattica.unipd.it/didattica/2014/ PS1978/2014/000ZZ/PSN1032237/N0
16 Prerequisites Basic notions in cognitive psychology and methodology. Basic English. Programme We will start with methodological issues related to experimental psychology and work our way up from lower-level perceptual aspects of cognition, such as vision and object recognition, and then on to higher-level cognitive abilities. The phenomena that will be illustrated and discussed will concern, among others, visual illusions, the pop-out effect, the Simon effect, the Stroop effect, orienting of attention. Considerable effort will be made to keep theory and lab practice parallel. Basic methodological aspects underlying the different experimental paradigms will also be given strong emphasis. Examination The exam consists of 20 written multiple choice questions. In order to participate in the final exam, it is MANDATORY to book using UNIWEB. UNIWEB booking is also MANDATORY for the registration of the final mark. More information http://en.didattica.unipd.it/didattica/2014/ PS1091/2014/000ZZ/PSN1032205/N0
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LEARNING DISABILITIES
NEUROANATOMY
Second-cycle degree in Applied Cognitive Psychology (M1AR) Language: English Teaching period: first semester Lecturer: Cesare Cornoldi Credits: 6 CFU/ECTS
Second-cycle degree in Cognitive Neuroscience and Clinical Neuropsychology (CN2) Language: English Teaching period: first semester Lecturer: Raffaele De Caro Credits: 6 CFU/ECTS 17
Prerequisites Knowledge of Cognitive Psychology and on Psychological Assessment Principles. Programme The Course intends to promote knowledge and clinical skills on the neural and cognitive bases of learning disabilities. Assessment and intervention procedures will be presented and the students will be involved in practical activities 1. Definition and identification procedures 2. Assessment of reading, writing and mathematics. Neuropsychological assessment 3. Types of intervention 4. Non-verbal learning disorder, intellectual functioning, comorbidity with ADHD 5. Computational and neural models of reading and calculation 6. Cognitive and neural bases of dyslexia 7. Cognitive and neural bases of dyscalculia Examination Open questions. More information http://en.didattica.unipd.it/didattica/2014/ PS1978/2014/000ZZ/PSO2044188/N0
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PRINCIPLES OF COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE AND NEUROIMAGING TECHNIQUES: NEUROIMAGING TECHNIQUES (MOD. B)
NEUROLINGUISTICS AND APHASIOLOGY
Second-cycle degree in Cognitive Neuroscience and Clinical Neuropsychology (CN2) Language: English Teaching period: first semester Lecturer: Antonino Vallesi Credits: 6 CFU/ECTS 19 Programme 1. Neuroimaging techniques (functional magnetic resonance imaging, fMRI; near-infrared spectroscopy, NIRS) a) principles b) methodological issues c) data analysis and discussion 2. Brain stimulation techniques (transcranial magnetic stimulation, TMS; transcranial electrical stimulation, tES) a) principles b) methodological issues c) data analysis and discussion 3. Co-registration approaches (TMS-fMRI, EEGfMRI) More information http://en.didattica.unipd.it/didattica/2014/ PS1932/2014/000ZZ/PSP4068098/N0
Second-cycle degree in Cognitive Neuroscience and Clinical Neuropsychology (CN2) Language: English Teaching period: first semester Lecturer: Carlo Semenza Credits: 6 CFU/ECTS 20 Prerequisites Basic notions of neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, neuropsychology and psycholinguistics. Programme The history of aphasia and classic aphasiology. The classic clinical assessment. The classic aphasia syndromes. Primary progressive aphasia. The cognitive approach and the contribution of linguistics: methodological issues. Disorders of phonology. Supra-segmental and segmental level (phonetic and phonemic); error classification. The production level. The receptive level. Lexical disorders. Neuropsychologically-based cognitive models of lexical functions. Morphosyntactic disorders. Agrammatism and Paragrammatism. Lexical access of complex words: Inflection, derivation and compounding. Semantic disorders. Semantic memory and the peripheral lexicons. Category and modality specific phenomena. Access vs. storage. Semantic dementia. Disorders of reading and writing. Number processing and numerical abilities in aphasia. Anatomical localization of language functions. The anatomo-clinical correlation method, Electrophysiological methods and Neuroimaging studies. Examination Oral. More information http://en.didattica.unipd.it/didattica/2014/ PS1932/2014/000ZZ/PSP3049828/N0
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NEUROPSYCHOLOGY OF AGING
NEUROSURGERY AND NEUROLOGY
Second-cycle degree in Neuroscience and Neuropsychological Rehabilitation (M1C) Language: English Teaching period: second semester Lecturer: Patrizia Bisiacchi Credits: 6 CFU/ECTS
Second-cycle degree in Cognitive Neuroscience and Clinical Neuropsychology (CN2) Language: English Teaching period: first semester Lecturer: Domenico D’Avella Credits: 8 CFU/ECTS 21
Prerequisites Knowledge of human neuroanatomy, physiology and neuroimage tecniques. Programme Neural basis of aging; Neuroimaging of healthy cognitive aging; Genetics of cognitive aging; Mild cognitive impairment; The neuropsychology of pathological aging; Brain reserve hypothesis; Cognitive reserve hypothesis Examination Written, multiple choice with possible oral integration. More information http://en.didattica.unipd.it/didattica/2014/ PS1091/2014/000ZZ/PSN1032217/N0
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NEW CONCEPTS IN COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY Second-cycle degree in Cognitive Neuroscience and Clinical Neuropsychology (CN2) Language: English Teaching period: first semester Lecturer: Marco Zorzi Credits: 6 CFU/ECTS 23 Prerequisites Introductory knowledge about cognitive psychology and cognitive neuroscience methods. Programme An integrated approach to cognition aims at bridging the gap between various levels of analysis (from neurons to behaviour) and exploits recent advances in the development of formal models. Numerical cognition is used as a case study to show how human cognition is shaped by evolution, learning, and culture. Topics: animal cognition; cognitive development; neural bases of cognition; cultural effects on cognition; embodied cognition; computational modeling of cognition. Examination Type of examination: Written Written examination: Open questions + paper assignment Paper assignment Each student will be required to write a 3-page essay (about 1000 words) that reviews and discusses some assigned scientific articles. The paper must be hand over on the day of the written exam. The grade given to the paper will weight for 1/3 of the final score.
PRINCIPLES OF COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE AND NEUROIMAGING TECHNIQUES: PRINCIPLES OF COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE (MOD. A) Second-cycle degree in Cognitive Neuroscience and Clinical Neuropsychology (CN2) Language: English Teaching period: first semester Lecturer: Giuseppe Sartori Credits: 6 CFU/ECTS 24 Programme Brief history of cognitive neuroscience. Cellular and molecular basis of cognition. Structural and functional anatomy of cognition. Methods in cognitive neuroscience: the contribution of neuroimaging techniques to the study of cognitive functions. Development and plasticity. The conscience issue. More information http://en.didattica.unipd.it/didattica/2014/ PS1932/2014/000ZZ/PSP4068099/N0
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PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY
PSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTION. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED ASPECTS
Second-cycle degree in Cognitive Neuroscience and Clinical Neuropsychology (CN2) Language: English Teaching period: first semester Lecturer: Angela Favaro Credits: 8 CFU/ECTS
Second-cycle degree in Social, Work and Communication Psychology (M3) Language: English Teaching period: first semester Lecturer: Vanda Zammuner Credits: 6 CFU/ECTS
25 Prerequisites None. Programme Psychopathology. Etiopathogenesis, clinical and prognostic features, epidemiology, prevention, pathophysiology and neuropsychological and neuroimaging correlates, biological and psychotherapic treatments of the main psychiatric diseases: - Delirium and Dementia - Alcohol and substance abuse/dependance and correlated diseases - Schizophrenia and schizophrenia-spectrum disorders - Mood disorders. - Anxiety disorders. - Obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders - Dissociative disorders. - Somatoform disorders. - Suicidal behavior. - Eating disorders: Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. - Personality disorders. - Psychiatric treatments and their organization. - Biological treatments - Psychotherapy in psychiatry Examination Final examination consists in a written part (multiple choice and open questions) and 1-2 questions about the whole program More information http://en.didattica.unipd.it/didattica/2014/ PS1932/2012/000ZZ/PSP3049838/N0
26 Prerequisites Basic notions on emotion theories and the methods to study emotions. Basic knowledge on research methods, on methods of statistical analysis, and on cognitive, social and cultural processes (and their inter-relationship) as regards, for instance, socialization processes, role transitions, self concept, and interpersonal relationships in various contexts. Programme The course will provide a basic overview of emotions as multicomponential phenomena, and outline a few relevant issues, including: functional significance of emotions, emotions’ role as determinants of action, basic versus complex emotions, self-conscious emotions, universality versus cultural specificity of emotions (e.g, in feelings, in facial expressions), gender differences, emotions in relationship to group processes. The course will also focus on issues of emotion measurement. Examination About 3-5 written open questions on specific topics dealt with during the course. Students’ own work on assigned readings will also be evaluated. If a student passes the exam, he/she can then ask to have an oral examination to improve the obtained grade. An oral exam can likewise be requested by the teacher. The examination focuses on the references listed below, and on the student’s report on scientific papers dealing with topics agreed upon with the teacher (for students who do not attend the course, on the report whose topics have been agreed upon with the teacher: see instructions on the course web site). More information http://en.didattica.unipd.it/didattica/2014/ PS1087/2014/000ZZ/PSO2043717/N0
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QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE METHODS IN SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
SELF AND IDENTITY: FROM THE INDIVIDUAL TO THE SOCIAL SELF
Second-cycle degree in Social, Work and Communication Psychology (M3) Language: English Teaching period: first semester Lecturer: Alberta Contarello Credits: 6 CFU/ECTS
Second-cycle degree in Social, Work and Communication Psychology (M3) Language: English Teaching period: second semester Lecturer: Maria Rosaria Cadinu Credits: 6 CFU/ECTS 27
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Prerequisites Basic notions of research methodology in psychology, sociology and social psychology. It is expected a preliminary knowledge of the historical development of methods in social psychology and sociology, as well as of the debate on different forms of realism and constructivism.
Prerequisites Knowledge of basic social psychology. Excellent English proficiency. Very consistent attendance is required.
Programme The course will be composed of two parts. The first will treat meta-theories of qualitative and quali-quantitative research, as well as the “why and how� to do it. The second will present methods, techniques, procedures. Attention will be devoted to research design in qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods approaches. Interviews, narratives, focus group, archive research will be explored. Content analyses and multivariate analyses will be widely considered, with reference to main software for qualitative and quali-quantitative research (Atlas.ti, Spad, TalTac, Iramuteq). Examination Oral, with a written paper sent in advance. At least 5 days prior to the exam, students will present a written paper. They are invited to choose a research article, published in a prestigious scientific journal, employing a qualitative or quali-quantitative method encountered within the course. The paper will include a resume, comment and discussion of the research article with links to main themes treated during the course. The e-mail address for sending the paper is alberta.contarello@unipd.it. The object of the mail and the title of the file will be: paperQQM_ Name_Surname More information http://en.didattica.unipd.it/didattica/2014/ PS1087/2014/000ZZ/PSP4064870/N0
Programme 1. Self-schema vs. self esteem, implicit vs. explicit self, individual vs. collective self. 2. The self as an anchor: Searching and elaborating self-relevant information. 3. Objective self-awareness. 4. Self-regulation, Self-handiccapping, Learned helplessness. 5. Threats to the self. Compensatory biases (Cialdini), Self-affirmation theory. 6. Self and the body. Body self-esteem. Objectification theory by Fredrickson & Robert. 7. Self and other (Aron), Self and partners (Smith). 8. Self anchoring & self projection. 9. Symbolic self- presentation theory (Wicklund & Brehm). 10 Self and social identity theory (SIT), Selfcategorization Theory (SCT) 11. Self-stereotyping Examination The class will be run as a seminar in which international research on the self will be discussed. Therefore, students are expected to play an active role in the class. During each class meeting, the first hour will consist of frontal lecture (with active participation of the students), whereas the second hour will be dedicated to the critical discussion of an article. Students will be divided into teams taking opposite stands, either defending or criticizing a given article. A final written exam at the end of the course will SCHOOL OF PSYCHOLOGY # COURSE UNITS HELD IN ENGLISH
constitute 50% of the final grade. The presentation and discussion of articles will make up for the remaining 50% of the final grade. More information http://en.didattica.unipd.it/didattica/2014/ PS1087/2014/000ZZ/PSN1032150/N0
TRENDS IN NEUROSCIENCE Second-cycle degree in Cognitive Neuroscience and Clinical Neuropsychology (CN2) Language: English Teaching period: second semester Lecturer: tbd Credits: 6 CFU/ECTS 29 More information http://en.didattica.unipd.it/didattica/2014/ PS1932/2014/000ZZ/PSP4064759/N0
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