ECTS credits ECTS credits: 3
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Student's work ECTS: 45 Hours of tutorials: 2 Expository Class: 18 Interactive Classroom: 10 Total: 75
Use languages Spanish, Galician
Type: Ordinary subject Master’s Degree RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Departments: Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology
Areas: Psychobiology
Center Faculty of Biology
Call: Second Semester
Teaching: With teaching
Enrolment: Enrollable | 1st year (Yes)
General:
- Student´s formation in the studies of the psychological processes, from the perspectives of the Psychobiology and Cognitive Neuroscience.
Specific:
- Integration of the psychophysiological and neuropsychological contributions in the study of the superior psychological processes.
- Student’s formation about the use of the bibliographic references in Cognitive Neuroscience.
- Student’s formation for to show a critical behaviour with the scientific publications, and the Cognitive Neuroscience research.
Theoretical contents:
Psychophysiological approach to the study of superior psychological processes through the evaluation of event-related brain potentials, and neuropsychological data.
Processes:
1- Perception and Attention.
2- Motor processes.
3- Memory.
4- Language.
5- Executive functions.
Practical contents:
Psychophysiological index (event-related potentials) of cognitive processes: record, analysis and interpretation.
Basic
Luck, S.J. (2014). An introduction to the event-related potential technique (2ª ed.). The MIT Press.
Purves, D., Cabeza, R., Huettel, S.A., LaBar, K.S., Platt, M.L. and Woldorff, M.G. (2013). Principles of Cognitive Neuroscience (2ª ed.). Sinauer Associates, Inc. Publishers.
Redolar Ripoll, D. (2023). Neurociencia cognitiva (2ª ed.). Panamericana. Online in the University of Santiago de Compostela.
Complementary
Carretié, L. (2016). Anatomía de la mente. Emoción, cognición y cerebro (2ª ed.). Pirámide.
Junqué, C. and Barroso, J. (2009). Manual de Neuropsicología. Síntesis.
Mangun, G.R. (2014). Cognitive electrophysiology of attention. Signals of the mind. Academic Press - Elsevier.
- Knowledge about physiological and anatomical basis of the psychological processes.
- Ability to interpret data in the context of the psychophysiological and neuropsychological assessments.
- Ability to use the different resources of information.
- Ability to use the information and make critical revisions of the scientific bibliography, in different languages.
- Ability to make the different stages of a research in Cognitive Neuroscience.
Attendance at the lessons (seminars and laboratory practices), activities supervised (exercises and report of bibliographic revision) and oral presentation of works.
Continuous assessment, considering:
- Attendance to seminars and laboratory practices, as well as active participation in the lessons. Weight in the assessment: 20%.
- Carrying out exercises related to both seminars and laboratory activities. Weight in the assessment: 30%.
- Preparation and presentation (written and oral) of a Report which involves, in an integrated and critical way, the contributions of different scientific studies to a specific field of research related to some of the contents of the subject. Weight in the assessment: 50%.
Attendance classes is compulsory to pass the subject. The activities that are developed in the sessions of classes are part of the assessment, and cannot be replaced by any other activity (coursework, exam, ….) for the assessment.
This subject cannot be taken with dispensation of class attendance.
In cases of fraudulent performance of exercises or tests, the "Regulations for the assessment of the academic performance of students and the review of grades" will apply.
75 hours of study and work will be necessary for to pass this course: 27 hours of active attendance (18 hours of theoretical contents and 9 hours of practices), 45 hours of no attendance (personal or into group work, and hours of study), and 3 hours of personal attention.
It is necessary to be graduated and to know the biological basis of the human behaviour (Psychobiological Basis –neurophysiology and neuroanatomy-), Behavioural Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience, Neuropsychology).
To have basic knowledge of statistics to perform data analysis, by using computer programs (SPSS, JASP, ...).
This subject is part of the Cognitive Neuroscience module of the master's degree, and as such it is integrated with the other subjects that compose it. It is essential, for its correct follow-up, to take the subject that precedes it in this module, Psychophysiological Techniques. Likewise, this subject lays the foundations for an optimal use of the subject that temporarily follows it, Applied Cognitive Neuroscience.
It is also recommended to make use of the tutorials to resolve doubts. Tutorials:
Galdo Álvarez, Santiago:
https://www.usc.gal/gl/departamento/psicoloxia-clinica-psicobioloxia/di…
Lindín Novo, Mónica (coordinator): Wednesday and Friday, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. (office 58).
Zurrón Ocio, Montserrat: Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (office 77).
This course deals with biological basis of complex psychological processes, and the student will understand that the multidisciplinary approach is essential for the study of these processes.
The contents of the subject are mainly focused on the contributions of psychophysiology to the study of superior psychological processes through the evaluation of event-related brain potentials.
When the student learns the contents and skills of this course, he/she will can to make projects of research in the context of Cognitive Neuroscience.
Montserrat Zurrón Ocio
- Department
- Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology
- Area
- Psychobiology
- Phone
- 881813707
- montserrat.zurron [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Lecturer
Monica Lindin Novo
Coordinador/a- Department
- Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology
- Area
- Psychobiology
- Phone
- 881813910
- monica.lindin [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Lecturer
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