DEVELOPMENTAL COGNITIVE AND AFFECTIVE NEUROSCIENCE
cod. 1011661

Academic year 2024/25
1° year of course - First semester
Professor
Dolores ROLLO
Academic discipline
Psicologia dello sviluppo e psicologia dell'educazione (M-PSI/04)
Field
"psicologia dello sviluppo e dell'educazione"
Type of training activity
Characterising
64 hours
of face-to-face activities
8 credits
hub: PARMA
course unit
in ITALIAN

Learning objectives

1. Knowledge and understanding. Students should get a good understanding as well as the main features of the mirror system , the functional properties of mirror mechanisms in monkeys and humans and their relevance to a new model of intersubjectivity . Students must also achieve a good understanding of the theoretical and methodological bases of the psychology of social and emotional development in early childhood.
2 . Applying knowledge and understanding. Students should be able to describe the possible applications of the mirror system to new studies , particularly in the field of rehabilitation and to relate the different theories with recent empirical findings and to identify the possible clinical implications .
3 . Making judgments . Students will develop critical thinking skills and independent judgment in dealing with descriptions of experimental studies on the issues in question .
4 . Communicaonve skills . Students will acquire the ability to communicate in a succinct but complete what they have learned .
5 . Learning skills. Students should be able to discriminate between the techniques , such as use for a specific experimental study or a trial for rehabilitation , and to learn the latest psychological and neuropsychological models of intersubjectivity

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

The course will enable students to gain up to date knowledge and critical
- The main models of inter-subjectivity and the relevance of the mechanism of mirror neurons to build a new neuroscientific model of the basic forms of intersubjectivity.
- In some core areas of studies on the social and emotional development: from a wide range of research, both of which neuropsychological evolutionary nature, we will provide the student with knowledge and understanding early social intersubjectivity during the first year of life.

Full programme

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Bibliography

Turati, C. e Valenza, E. (2022). Mente e corpo nello sviluppo. Milano: Carocci editore.
Lavelli, M. (2007). Intersoggettività. Origini e primi sviluppi. Milano: Raffaello Cortina.
Immordino-Yang M.H. (2017). Neuroscienze affettive ed educazione. Milano: Raffaello Cortina.
Rollo, D. (2020). Disturbi dello spettro autistico e intersoggettività. Milano: Franco Angeli.

Teaching methods

The lessons will take place in person through face-to-face and interactive exchanges. In-depth studies are expected through the reading of scientific articles and seminars. The teaching material will be stored on the specific platform with access reserved for students (Elly).

Assessment methods and criteria

The exam will take place in written mode with 2 open questions and 10 multiple choice questions.
Open questions will be evaluated with a score from 0 to 10, and closed questions with 1 point each, for a total of 30 points.
The duration of the exam is 60 minutes.

The exam takes place only in the appeal sessions. There are no intermediate tests or extraordinary appeals.

Other information

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2030 agenda goals for sustainable development

3, 4, 5, 10