Corso di laurea magistrale in Scienze del corpo e della mente

The course is aimed to provide the students with advanced theoretical and methodological knowledge about the experimental research in the domain of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Specifically it will favor in students:

- the knowledge of the most recent international literature on the topics covered in class

- critical reflection on the theoretical models proposed by the authors

- a good ability to understand the scientific cognitive neuroscience language related to the presented topics

- to know how to critically and autonomously discuss ideas and problems related to scientific field coverted by the course;

- to know how to communicate in a clear and competent way the learned information.

This course will provide deep and broad knowledge about Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, its theoretical models, and the experimental paradigms used in this field.

Academic teaching (frontal lessons) will be used as the main teaching method.

Students willing to attend this course online can use the following link

https://unito.webex.com/meet/olga.dalmonte

https://unito.webex.com/meet/raffaella.ricci

 

Students willing to attend this course in the classroom need to register for each class on STUDENT BOOKING

https://en.unito.it/news/book-your-place-classroom-student-booking-service

 

The exam is composed of a written part, with the possibility of an oral part. The written part includes multiple-choice questions. Each student with a score at the written part equal to or higher than the pass mark (18/30) can decide to also undergo the oral part or just accept the score obtained during the written part. Both the written and the oral part will be in English.

Also for September 2021, the test will be held online via Webex and Moodle.

Students can e-mail the professors to schedule a meeting for clarification about the course materials or for discussing the possibility of a master thesis.

I Module: Neurobiology of Emotion and Social behavior (Prof. Olga Dal Monte-24hours)

This module will present an advanced overview of social behavior deficits. The first part will introduce the theoretical framework of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology. Then it will describe the anatomical substrates involved in the explicit and implicit recognition of basic and complex emotions. It will also provide deep knowledge of the neural mechanisms involved in several social behaviors and their clinical implications.

II Module: Neurobiology of attention and spatial cognition (Prof. Raffaella Ricci-18hours/Prof. Anna Berti-6hours)

This module will deal with the neuropsychology of attention, space representation, and, in general, of spatial cognition considering also the complex interactions between these functions and action. It will focus therefore on both functional and neuroanatomical aspects of these cognitive functions. We will discuss seminal and more recent works on neuropsychological disorders of spatial attention/representation, awareness and cognition. The course will also provide advanced knowledge on the research methodology used in the field of experimental and clinical Neuropsychology and, in general, in Cognitive Neuroscience.

Slides, other materials presented during the class, and scientific papers published in international peer-reviewed journals. The materials will be posted online and available on the course web page.

Suggested books:

Gazzaniga: The new Cognitive Neurosciences (MIT 5^th Edition)

Kandel: Principles of Neuroscience (5^th Edition)

Denes, G., & Pizzamiglio, L. (Eds.). (1999). Handbook of clinical and experimental neuropsychology. Psychology Press/Erlbaum (UK) Taylor & Francis.

Dear students 

Both the written and oral exams for Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology will be held remotely on Jan 14th, 2022 (on Professor Ricci's Webex platform https://unito.webex.com/meet/raffaella.ricci)

The written test will be held at 10:00

The oral exam will take place at 12:00

If you have already done the written part (esonero) and you just wish to do the oral integration, please show up directly at 12:00.

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Academic teaching (frontal lessons) will be used as the main teaching method, complemented by audio-visual materials. Students will be highly invited to actively participate in the interactive discussions about the experimental research presented in class

The lessons will be held on Wednesday from 4 to 7pm and on Thursday from 9 to 11am.

Students enrolled in the first year of BODY AND MIND SCIENCES interested in attending the CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL NEUROPSYCHOLOGY course must register for the course.

Students who do not yet have UniTo credentials, but are interested in participating in the lessons, are invited to write an email to Professors Dal Monte and Ricci titled: PARTICIPATION IN NEUROPSYCHOLOGY LESSONS so that their email addresses can be included in the mailing list of the students attending this course.

 

course start: 6/10/2021

course end: 15/12/2021

 

Come indicato sopra, gli esami di settembre 2021 si terranno a distanza via Webex. Sarà inviato via email il link Webex per l'esame scritto che sarà svolto via Moodle.

As reported above, in September, the written and oral exams will be held via Webex and Moodle.