COGNITION AND EMOTION
Stampa
Enrollment year
2020/2021
Academic year
2020/2021
Regulations
DM270
Academic discipline
M-PSI/01 (GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF BRAIN AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
Course
PSYCHOLOGY, NEUROSCIENCE AND HUMAN SCIENCES
Curriculum
PERCORSO COMUNE
Year of study
Period
2nd semester (15/02/2021 - 11/06/2021)
ECTS
6
Lesson hours
36 lesson hours
Language
English
Activity type
WRITTEN AND ORAL TEST
Teacher
FERRARI CHIARA (titolare) - 6 ECTS
Prerequisites
Learning outcomes
This course introduces students to a diverse array of theoretical and empirical issues related to the study of human emotion and its interaction with cognitive processes. Although cognition and emotion were classically thought to be two completely independent processes (both at the cognitive and neural level), recent advances in psychology and neuroscience contradict this notion. Recently, scientists have made considerable advances in understanding how cognitive and emotional systems interact in the human brain. Some questions the course addresses include: What are our emotions and what they are for? How do emotions influence and are influenced by our thoughts, memories, and behaviors? The course reviews the most relevant experimental evidence relative to this domain of study.
Course contents
The course will begin by providing the definition and a description of psychological evolutionary origins emotions. Then, we will ask how emotions might color cognitive processes, such as, perception, attenton and memor: Moreover, possible effects of emotions upon social judgments and decisions will be discussed in the final part of the course.
Teaching methods
Teaching methods include typical lectures about the interaction between emotion and cognition. Students will be strongly encouraged to participate in the discussions actively. Students are welcome to suggest topics for the discussions.
Reccomended or required readings
Materials (e.g., slides, papers) will be made available during the course.
Assessment methods
For everyone: written and oral exams.
Further information
Sustainable development goals - Agenda 2030