2020/2021

2020/2021

DM270

M-PSI/02 (PSYCHOBIOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY)

DEPARTMENT OF BRAIN AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES

PSYCHOLOGY, NEUROSCIENCE AND HUMAN SCIENCES

PERCORSO COMUNE

1°

2nd semester (15/02/2021 - 11/06/2021)

6

36 lesson hours

English

WRITTEN AND ORAL TEST

GANDOLA MARTINA - 6 ECTS

Basic knowledge of the neural basis of human behaviour.

The aim of the course is to provide students with advanced theoretical and practical knowledge about the most common neuropsychological disorders resulting from brain lesions. For each deficit, the theoretical substrate, the assessment instruments, and the main rehabilitative techniques will be illustrated. The lectures will be structured to help students to apply the acquired theoretical notions to clinical case studies. The course will also provide knowledge on neuroimaging techniques and their application in clinical neuropsychology.

• Introduction to neuropsychology

• Methods in neuropsychology:
- Anatomo-clinical method and Voxel-based Lesion-Symptom Mapping (VLSM)
- Structural and functional neuroimaging methods in neuropsychology
- Resting state fMRI: From physiologic principles to clinical applications
- Electroencephalography (EEG)

• Spatial cognition and its disturbances (neglect)

• Deficits of motor awareness (anosognosia)

• Disorders of body representation (somatoparaphrenia, misoplegia, phantom limb, body identity dysphoria)

• Movements disorders: apraxia

• Neuropsychological assessment
- Anamnesis and clinical interview
- Test administration and correction
- Medical report

Lectures, presentation of videotaped material, discussion of clinical cases and individual presentation/discussion of journal articles.

- Lecture slides and scientific articles that will be published on the University website.

Written and oral exams.

Slides shown during the lectures will be available online in the download area of the website.