Psychophysiology
Psicofisiologia
Curse code:9219203O
Armando José Nunes Harrington Sena
Learning outcomes of the curricular unit:
Transmit knowledge about the physiological bases of human mind and behavior in its relevance for the understanding its disturbances. In the end, students will be able to recognize the importance of the physiological mechanisms of the brain for understanding psychological states and behavior and will be capable of self-learning and scientific update this area.
Syllabus:
- NEUROANATOMY AND NEUROPHYSIOLOGY OF SENSORY AND MOTOR SYSTEMS AND COGNITIVE NETWORKS
- PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY OF NEUROTRANSMITTER SYSTEMS IN THE BRAIN AND ENDOCRINE SYSTEMS AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS TO FOR THE UNDERSTANDING OF PSYCHOLOGICAL STATES AND BEHAVIOR
- PHYSIOLOGICAL BASIS OF LEARNING, MEMORY AND STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS
Sleep and wakefulness.
Psychophysiology of emotions, motivations, executive or deliberative functions and decisions and of empathy and social behavior.
Suggested Bibliography:
- Cacioppo JT, Tassinary LG & Bermtson G (2017) Handbook of Psychophysiology, 4th ed., Cambridge, University Press. ISBN: 978-110-705-852-1
- Masson P (2017) Medical Neurobiology, 2nd ed., Oxford University Press. ISBN: 978-019-023-749-3
- Carlson NR (2009) Physiology of behavior, 11th ed., Allyn & Bacon. ISBN: 978-020-568-308-6
- Kandell ER, Schwartz JH & Jessell TM (1995) Essentials of neural science and behavior, Prentice Hall International, Inc. ISBN: 978-083-852-245-9
- Sena A (2016) Cérebro, Saúde e Sociedade, Lidel-Edições técnicas Lda. ISBN:978-972-757-818-4
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