The course contributes to the achievement of the educational objective of the Psychology course by providing students with the tools for understanding the methodologies used in cognitive neuroscience for the study of the brain in vivo and the relationships between the brain and behavior.
The students must be able to demonstrate:
1. to have acquired knowledge and understanding of the use of investigation techniques in cognitive neuroscience;
2. to have acquired the ability to elaborate and apply original ideas, also in a research context, in the field of cognitive neuroscience;
3. to have acquired the ability to understand the most frequently used experimental protocols in cognitive neuroscience and to know how to solve theoretical and practical problems encountered in the use of technology dedicated to the study of the brain in vivo;
4. to have acquired the ability to integrate knowledge and manage complexity in the study of human behavior, as well as to be able to formulate hypotheses on physiological and pathological brain functioning starting from behavioral or neuroimaging data;
5. to have acquired the ability to communicate their knowledge and ideas on normal and pathological human behavior in a clear and unambiguous way to specialist and non-specialist interlocutors;
6. to have acquired the ability to explore in a self-directed or autonomous way the topics of their interest.