2020/2021

2022/2023

DM270

M-PSI/01 (GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY)

DEPARTMENT OF BRAIN AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES

PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES

PERCORSO COMUNE

3°

2nd semester (27/02/2023 - 09/06/2023)

9

54 lesson hours

Italian

WRITTEN TEST

VECCHI TOMASO ELIA (titolare) - 4 ECTS
RINALDI LUCA - 5 ECTS

Students must have taken the exam of General Psychology before.

This course will provide an overview of the main mechanisms subserving some high-level cognitive systems (e.g., visuospatial memory). More generally, the students will acquire theoretical knowledge about different aspects of the field of cognitive sciences.

In particular, they will acquire knowledge about:
- The role of visual experience (with a focus on blindness) in memory processes.
- The mechanisms subserving the human memory system and the neural processes involved.
- The mechanisms driving the formation of spatial representations.
- The psychophysiological mechanisms determining our sense of taste.

The course will deepen some aspects of the General Psychology course, such as the mechanisms subserving human learning and memory processes. The focus will also be on new emerging issues in the field of cognitive sciences, such as the multisensory perception of taste.

The contents of this course will be discussed from a multidisciplinary standpoint, integrating different approaches ranging from psychology to cognitive neuroscience.

Teaching forms mainly consist of lectures. Part of the course/materials could be in English.

Gatti, D., & Vecchi T. (2019) Memoria. Carocci Editore.
Vallarino M., Bellati M. (2019) Psicologia del gusto. Carocci Editore.
Additional material will be distributed.

Oral evaluation (there could be oral distance sessions due to health safety regulations imposed by the pandemic situation).