DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONAL SCIENCES
Bachelor's Degree in Psychological Sciences and Techniques
Academic Year 2018/2019 - 1° Year

FOUNDATIONS OF ANATOMY AND NEURO PSYCHOS PHYSIOLOGY

Teaching Staff

Learning Objectives

• FONDAMENTI DI NEURO PSICO FISIOLOGIA
  

  The course includes the acquisition of knowledge related to the anatomical structure and functioning of the nervous system. The main purpose of the course is to provide the student with the knowledge necessary for understanding the main brain functions (including sight, motor planning etc ...) in order to allow the psychologist an understanding of the physical phenomena underlying the mental processes

• ANATOMICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF PSYCHIC ACTIVITY
  

  The course includes the acquisition of knowledge related to the anatomical structure and functioning of the nervous system. The main purpose of the course is to provide the student with the knowledge necessary for understanding the main brain functions (including sight, motor planning etc ...) in order to allow the psychologist an understanding of the physical phenomena underlying the mental processes.

Detailed Course Content

• FONDAMENTI DI NEURO PSICO FISIOLOGIA
  

  Introduction on the nervous system

  Introduction to cell biology

  Short summary of the cells of the nervous system

  Potential for rest and action

  Synaptic transmission

  Neurotransmitters and psychopharmacology

  Muscular System

  Short summary of the Gastrointestinal System

  Visual System

  Auditory System

  Endocrine system

  Reflections

  Short summary of neuroscience (Attention, Sleep and Dreams)

• ANATOMICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF PSYCHIC ACTIVITY
  

  The general organization of the mammalian nervous system

  Meninges and ventricular system

  The stratification of the cerebral cortex

  Telencephalon: anatomy, distribution of different types of bark, organization of white matter

  Diencephalus

  Trunk of the brain and cranial nerves

  Cerebellum

  Spinal cord

Textbook Information

• FONDAMENTI DI NEURO PSICO FISIOLOGIA
  

  1. FONDAMENTI ANATOMOFISIOLOGICI DELL'ATTIVITÀ PSICHICA, A CURA DI ANGELO MARAVITA. POLETTO EDITORE

• ANATOMICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF PSYCHIC ACTIVITY
  
  1. FONDAMENTI ANATOMOFISIOLOGICI DELL'ATTIVITÀ PSICHICA, A CURA DI ANGELO MARAVITA. POLETTO EDITORE