- 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 2016) at the Department of Psychology in Bologna Viale Berti Pichat 5
Readings/Bibliography
Carpenter LL, Tyrka AR, Ross NS, Khoury L, Anderson GM, Price LH. (2009), Effect of childhood emotional abuse and age on cortisol responsivity in adulthood. Biol Psychiatry . 2009 Jul 1;66(1):69-75
Wingenfeld K, Driessen M, Terfehr K, Schlosser N, Fernando SC, Otte C, Beblo T, Spitzer C, Löwe B, Wolf OT. (2013), Effects of cortisol on memory in women with borderline personality disorder: role of co-morbid post-traumatic stress disorder and major depression. Psychol Med. 2013 Mar;43(3):495-505
Bohacek J, Mansuy IM. (2013), Epigenetic inheritance of disease and disease risk. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2013 Jan;38(1):220-36.
Zovkic IB, Sweatt JD. (2013), Epigenetic mechanisms in learned fear: implications for PTSD, Neuropsychopharmacology. 2013 Jan;38(1):77-93.
Schooler JW, Smallwood J, Christoff K, Handy TC, Reichle ED, Sayette MA. (2011), Meta-awareness, perceptual decoupling and the wandering mind. Trends Cogn Sci. 2011 Jul;15(7):319-26.
Wyart C, Webster WW, Chen JH, Wilson SR, McClary A, Khan RM, Sobel N. (2007), Smelling a single component of male sweat alters levels of cortisol in women. J Neurosci. 2007 Feb 7;27(6):1261-5.
Mason MF, Norton MI, Van Horn JD, Wegner DM, Grafton ST, Macrae CN. (2007), Wandering minds: the default network and stimulus-independent thought. Science. 2007 Jan 19;315(5810):393-5.
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.
Teaching methods
Lectures and lab sessions
Assessment methods
Oral examination and papers on specific issues
During the examination the student should discuss the contents of the read articles describing critically the connections between the different searches. It must also demonstrate that they understand the scientific background of the articles and to be able to create significant opportunities for future research strategies
Teaching tools
Slides projector and some instruments for psychophysiologial measurement
Office hours
See the website of Gianni Brighetti