MIRROR NEURON SYSTEMS AND INTERSUBIECTIVITY
cod. 1005500

Academic year 2024/25
2° year of course - First semester
Professor
Vittorio GALLESE
Academic discipline
Psicobiologia e psicologia fisiologica (M-PSI/02)
Field
Psicologia generale e fisiologica
Type of training activity
Characterising
40 hours
of face-to-face activities
5 credits
hub: PARMA
course unit
in ITALIAN

Integrated course unit module: NEUROSCIENCE OF SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS

Learning objectives

The course will allow students to acquire updated and critical notions of:
- basic features of mirror neurons;
- the main models of intersubjectivity;
- the relevance of the mirror mechanism to build a new model of basic forms of intersubjectivity and of some of its psychopathological alterations.

Prerequisites

Notions of the anatomo-physiological organization of the central nervous system.

Course unit content

The course will address a new model of perception, embodied simulation, applied to the study of intersubjectivity.

Full programme

Cognitive neuroscience: approaches and limitations. Elements of epistemology applied to neuroscience. The main theoretical models of intersubjectivity Theory of Mind; Theory-Theory; Simulation Theory; Empathy). The bodily self: development and neural base. The mirror system in macaques and humans. Mirror mechanisms in emotions and sensations. The model of Embodied Simulation and its bearing on language and psychopathology, with particular focus on Schizophrenia, Autism and PTSD.

Bibliography

Diapositive disponibili online alla fine del corso.
Gallese e Morelli - Cosa significa essere umani? Corpo, cervello e relazione per vivere nel presente. Raffaello Cortina Editore, 2024.
Ammaniti e Gallese - La Nascita dell'Intersoggettività. Raffaello Cortina Editore, 2013.

Teaching methods

Frontal lectures with audio-visual material.

Assessment methods and criteria

Oral examination.

Other information

Oral examination.

2030 agenda goals for sustainable development

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