Psychophysiology
Psicofisiologia
Course code:9219203
Armando José Nunes Harrington Sena
Learning outcomes of the curricular unit:
To transmit knowledge about the physiological bases of human mind and behavior and its relevance for the understanding of 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 following scientific updates in 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
- Bear M, Connors B & Paradiso M (2016) Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain. 4 ed. Wolters Kluwer. ISBN 978-0-7817-7817-6
- Sena A (2016) Cérebro, Saúde e Sociedade, Lidel-Edições técnicas Lda. ISBN:978-972-757-818-4
- Rego AC, Duarte C & Oliveira C (2017) Neurociências. Lidel-Edições Técnicas Lda. ISBN: 978-972-757-693-7