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Believing is seeing: the power of belief and suggestion on the mind and brain
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Believing is seeing: the power of belief and suggestion on the mind and brain
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Anno accademico 2022/2023
- Codice dell'attività didattica
- PSI1216
- Docente
- Elia Valentini (Titolare del corso)
- Corso di studi
- Scienze del corpo e della mente
- Anno
- 1° anno 2° anno
- Periodo didattico
- Secondo semestre
- Tipologia
- Opzionale
- Crediti/Valenza
- 4
- SSD dell'attività didattica
- M-PSI/01 - psicologia generale
M-PSI/02 - psicobiologia e psicologia fisiologica
M-PSI/05 - psicologia sociale - Modalità di erogazione
- Mista
- Lingua di insegnamento
- Inglese
- Modalità di frequenza
- Facoltativa
- Tipologia d'esame
- esame scritto (non verbalizzante) più esame orale (verbalizzante)
- Prerequisiti
- Generic knowledge of psychology and neuroscience.
Please note that who enrols in this course should not enrol in PSI1217 "Credere è vedere: il potere di credenza e suggestione su mente e cervello" as the content of the courses is overlapping. - Oggetto:
Sommario insegnamento
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Obiettivi formativi
These are only some of the questions we will address: Why do people indulge in magical thinking? What happens in our brains during hypnosis and meditation? How easy is to implant a false memory? How powerful is the effect of an inert drug when we believe it does have a healing action? We will first set out the levels of interpretations, the lens through which we will discuss mind, brain, and behavioural correlates of suggestion- and belief-laden phenomena. You will be asked to reflect on the learning material by creating connections between the different themes, everyday life and other aspects of social life. This integrative approach will aim to spark comprehensive understanding of the general mechanisms governing the human mind.
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Risultati dell'apprendimento attesi
By the end of the course students will achieve the following outcomes:
- Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the psychological and neural processes involved in belief- and suggestion-based phenomena.
- Critically evaluate empirical research and scientific opinions in the specific areas of enquiry covered during the course.
- Integrate their understanding of scientific knowledge with everyday life and societal relevance of the learning material.
- Demonstrate reflection (written or oral) that will mean they can go beyond descriptive approach to the learning material and reveal understanding and consolidation thereof.
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Modalità di insegnamento
Classes will be a mixture of frontal lecture and interactive seminar. Whether this will happen in person or on web online platform will depend on current Covid-19 institutional response. Students will be highly invited to actively take part in the classes and prior to the classess with personal reading of the slides and papers.
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Modalità di verifica dell'apprendimento
The assessment will entail a reflective essay (1000/2000 words) on one of the topic discussed within the course. If the written test is passed (mark ≥ 18), the student can choose either to accept the mark or to attend an oral examination. The latter will require to demonstrate the same type of reflective elements expected within the essay but on a different topic than the one chosen for the essay. Independently of the mark in the written essay, students will have the right to attend the oral examination.
The first class will provide greater detail on what expected for the coursework and how to optimally address it.
A dedicate webex link will be created for the oral examinations.
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Attività di supporto
Support will be provided on Moodle and via email (elia.valentini@unito.it) as well as via online appointments at
https://unito.webex.com/meet/elia.valentini | 27344668476(preliminary contact via email is preferable)
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Programma
The course is organised in the following interactive classes:
1) Introduction to the science of belief and suggestion and instructions for coursework
2) Reason, theory of mind and moral judgement
3) Hypnosis & meditation
4) Perceptual illusions and the healing power of psychedelics
5) False memories and mnestic suggestibility
6) Placebo and nocebo phenomena
7) The belief in magic and paranormal belief in the age of science
8) Final Workshop: Influence and persuasion. The case of climate and ecological crisis (Flipped classroom) + final discussion
Testi consigliati e bibliografia
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The learning material will mainly consist of scientific articles.
Recommended readings will be provided within moodle.
However, students are encouraged to independently search for relevant literature throughout the course.
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Altre informazioni
https://www.essex.ac.uk/people/valen80000/elia-valentini- Oggetto:
