Corso di laurea magistrale in Scienze del corpo e della mente

Approaches and methods in cognitive science and neuroscience

Approaches and methods in cognitive science and neuroscience

Anno accademico 2023/2024

Sommario insegnamento

• Obiettivi formativi
• Risultati dell'apprendimento attesi
• Programma
• Modalità di insegnamento
• Modalità di verifica dell'apprendimento
• Attività di supporto
• Testi consigliati e bibliografia
• Strumenti didattici
• Scheda del corso

Obiettivi formativi

The course consists of a combination of traditional lectures and practical sessions which aim to cover most of the methodological and concrete aspects of conducting cognitive neuroscience research.

Risultati dell'apprendimento attesi

• Understanding the power and the limitations of any methodological tools as well as the importance of convergent evidence across complementary techniques
• Identifying their appropriate domain of application in light of the specific goals of scientific research
• Applying the acquired knowledge in order to design and carry out real empirical studies
• Effective written communication of cognitive neuroscience methodology, design, analysis, and interpretation

Programma

• The historical evolution of mind/brain sciences
• At the root of the cognitive neuroscience approach (basic anatomy, anatomo-clinical correlation, convergence/complementarity, correlation/causation, direct/indirect methods, morphology/functionality, spatial/temporal resolution, subtraction, multimethodological etc.)
• Overview of a number of approaches/techniques (e.g., behavioral analysis, artificial intelligence, virtual reality, neuropsychological patients, neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, neuroimaging, perturbation methods)
• Hands-on experience with a range of techniques (e.g., psychophysics, Immersive Virtual Reality, Electroencephalography, lesion  mapping)
• The foundations of scientific research (e.g., questions, funding, ethics, design, observation, analysis, interpretation, dissemination)
• Building up your own research project

Modalità di insegnamento

• Frontal lessons (with slides and audio-video materials), presentation/discussion of experimental data/research articles, hands-on lab activities

Modalità di verifica dell'apprendimento

• The exam will be in an oral form (8-10 min) and will be focused on all the material/lessons of the course

Attività di supporto

• Reception time of the professor

• The material consists of the frontal lessons as well as the material available on the course web page (i.e., slides of the lessons, papers, and so on
• The not-attending students may integrate the lack of frontal lessons by consulting books on the methodology in cognitive neuroscience as, for instance, Research Methods (McBurney DH and White TL, Wadsworth Cengage Learning), Cognitive Neuroscience: The biology of the mind (Gazzaniga MS, Ivry RB and Mangun GR, W.W. Northon & Company, Neuroimaging. Per lo studio del cervello umano
  (Sacco K, Idelsono-Gnocchi)

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