Health Psychology for clinical and medical contexts

Activity type

Psicologia generale e fisiologica

SSD

M-PSI/02

Year

1st year

Semester

1st semester

CFU

3

Hours distribution

24 classroom hours

Lecturers

SALVATORE MARIA AGLIOTI

Activity type

Psicologia generale e fisiologica

SSD

M-PSI/02

Year

1st year

Semester

1st semester

CFU

3

Hours distribution

24 classroom hours

Lecturers

MARIA LEGGIO

A part of the course is aimed at providing students with knowledge about the social brain, scilicet on the neural networks involved in inter-subjectivity, paying special attention to the neuroscientific study of the complex mental processes underlying interpersonal relations. It is expected that the students will be able to learn how to read critically scientific articles in the area of social psychology, cognitive neurosciences, and social neurosciences. The second part of the course is aimed at promoting the acquisition of knowledge of the biological mechanisms underlying cognition and at the study of neural substrates of mental processes and the pertaining behavioural manifestations. Moreover, the main investigation techniques within neurosciences, the relations between specific psychological/cognitive functions and the involved neural circuits, and the mutual interactions between cognitive processes underlying health behavior will be analysed.

Module: Clinical neurosciences for health
N/D
Module: Social neurosciences for health

General objectives:

A part of the course is aimed at providing students with knowledge about the social brain, scilicet on the neural networks involved in inter-subjectivity, paying special attention to the neuroscientific study of the complex mental processes underlying interpersonal relations. It is expected that the students will be able to learn how to read critically scientific articles in the area of social psychology, cognitive neurosciences, and social neurosciences. The second part of the course is aimed at promoting the acquisition of knowledge of the biological mechanisms underlying cognition and at the study of neural substrates of mental processes and the pertaining behavioural manifestations. Moreover, the main investigation techniques within neurosciences, the relations between specific psychological/cognitive functions and the involved neural circuits, and the mutual interactions between cognitive processes underlying health behavior will be analysed.

Specific objectives:

Knowledge and understanding
Acquisition of the main instruments to know and deepen the Clinical Neurosciences

Ability to apply knowledge and understanding
Students will be able to develop general skills for deepening, even autonomously, knowledge inherent the topics of the course.

Making judgements
A fundamental aspect of the course is that all the students have to comment on the overview provided by the teacher on each class. This approach will induce students to search for explanations and alternative interpretations of theoretical and empirical contributions of specialty and not only general literature.

Communication skills
The course will include collegial discussion of scientific articles to which each student has to participate. This approach will lead the students to evaluate the impact their communication skills and improve them through the interactions with peers and the supervisor

Learning skills
Students will be able to read and critically discuss scientific papers concerning specific topics. Thus, it will be required the ability to learn complex notions concerning specialty topics.

Module: Clinical neurosciences for health
Basic knowledge of Biology, Psychobiology and Anatomo-Physiology of the Nervous System.
Basic knowledge of Scientific English


Module: Social neurosciences for health
Basic knowledge of Biology, Psychobiology and Anatomo-Physiology of the Nervous System.

Basic knowledge of Scientific English

Module: Clinical neurosciences for health
The course will revole around the behavioural, psychophysiological and neural underpinnings of intersubjectivity with special focus on empathy in neurotypicals and in people with neuro-psychiatric alterations.



Module: Social neurosciences for health
The course is aimed at the study of neural substrates of mental processes and the pertaining behavioural manifestations.
In the first part of the course, relations between specific psychological/cognitive functions and the involved neural circuits will be analysed.
In the second part of the course, the interactions between cognitive processes and behavioural aspects underlying adaptive and maladaptive responses will be analysed.

Module: Clinical neurosciences for health
Scientific papers and other academic materials will be available at the course website. These readings are mandatory to pass the final exam.


Module: Social neurosciences for health
Scientific papers and other academic materials will be available at the course website. These readings are mandatory to pass the final exam.

Module: Clinical neurosciences for health
N/D
Module: Social neurosciences for health
Scientific papers and other academic materials will be available at the course website. These readings are mandatory to pass the final exam.

Module: Clinical neurosciences for health
Each class will include the presentation of a topic by the teacher followed by a general discussion which implies the active involvement of each student.
Teaching tools: 1) Slides, 2) Scientific papers, 3) oral presentation and general discussion of research projects developed by groups of students.


Module: Social neurosciences for health
Each class will include the presentation of a topic by the teacher followed by a general discussion which implies the active involvement of each student.
Teaching tools: 1) Slides, 2) Scientific papers, 3) oral presentation and general discussion of research projects developed by groups of students.

Module: Clinical neurosciences for health
Class attendance is strongly recommended because the contribution of each student to the class discussion is part of the evaluation.


Module: Social neurosciences for health
Class attendance is strongly recommended because the contribution of each student to the class discussion is part of the evaluation.

Module: Clinical neurosciences for health
The exam aims at verifying the acquisition of knowledge about the current state of the discipline and its possible development. Single oral exam sessions according to what defined in the academic calendar.
The exam is on a scale of 30 with Honours.




Module: Social neurosciences for health

The exam aims at verifying the acquisition of knowledge about the current state of the discipline and its possible development. Single written exam sessions according to what defined in the academic calendar. The evaluation will take into account the effective participation of the student to the classes.

- Number and time of tests
Final exam

- Type, duration, and administration
Written examination

- Final evaluation
The exam is on a scale of 30 with Honours.

Module: Clinical neurosciences for health
Semi-opened questions


Module: Social neurosciences for health
Open ended questions

Module: Clinical neurosciences for health
N/D
Module: Social neurosciences for health

• Nella
  prima parte del corso verranno analizzate le relazioni tra specifiche funzioni
  psicologiche/cognitive ed i circuiti neurali coinvolti
  • Books: Scientific papers and other academic materials will be available at the
    
    course website. 


• Nella seconda parte del
  corso verranno analizzate le interazioni tra processi cognitivi e aspetti del
  comportamento alla base di risposte adattive o disadattive.
  • Books: Scientific papers and other academic materials will be available at the
    
    course website.