Enrollment year
2022/2023
Academic discipline
M-PSI/01 (GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF BRAIN AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
Course
PSYCHOLOGY, NEUROSCIENCE AND HUMAN SCIENCES
Curriculum
Cognitive Psychology and Neuroscience
Period
1st semester (03/10/2022 - 21/12/2022)
Lesson hours
36 lesson hours
Activity type
WRITTEN AND ORAL TEST
Prerequisites
Advanced knowledge on cognitive processes and methods in
neuroscience and experimental psychology.
Learning outcomes
This course is designed to familiarize the student with typical methods
and techniques employed in psychology research.
Course contents
The course introduces students to experimental research methodology,
with an overview of basic concepts such as experimental variables,
experimental control, and causal inferences. We will also describe the
principles of experimental design and analyses and we will discuss the
strengths and weaknesses of experimental methodology in different
research contexts. Teaching methods include both lectures and practical
works on published papers.
Teaching methods
Lessons and dedicated seminars (analyses of scientific texts).
Reccomended or required readings
Vecchi T. & Gatti D. (2020). Memory as prediction. MIT Press, Cambridge,
US
Assessment methods
Oral and individual written essay
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