FSS:PSY461 Fundamentals of Neuroscience - Course Information
PSY461 Fundamentals of Neuroscience
Faculty of Social StudiesSpring 2013
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. et Mgr. Kristína Czekóová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Miroslav Světlák, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. MUDr. Jan Roubal, Ph.D. (alternate examiner) - Guaranteed by
- doc. MUDr. Jan Roubal, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology – Faculty of Social Studies
Supplier department: Department of Psychology – Faculty of Social Studies - Timetable
- Wed 27. 2. 8:00–9:40 exP24, Wed 13. 3. 8:00–9:40 exP24, Wed 27. 3. 8:00–9:40 exP24, Wed 17. 4. 14:00–15:40 exP24, Wed 24. 4. 14:00–15:40 exP24, Wed 15. 5. 14:00–15:40 exP24
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 40 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/40, only registered: 0/40 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Psychology (programme FSS, N-PS)
- Course objectives
- Course is a follow-up of "Human physiology" and focuses on CNS structure and functioning. At the end of the course students should be able to describe particular functional units in CNS, cognitive functions, neuroregulation of bodily functions and integration of involved neural, hormonal and immune system.
- Syllabus
- Lectures: 1. The Basics of Perception 2. Motor System (+ Social Cognition) 3. Language, Speech and Hemispheric Specialization 4. Central System of Emotion and Stress: A Stress Reaction 5. Central System of Emotion and Stress: Fear Conditioning 6. Implicit and Explicit Emotion Processes
- Literature
- required literature
- Banich, M.T. & Compton, R. J. (2011): Cognitive Neuroscience. 3rd edition. Wadsworth: Cengage Learning
- KRÁLÍČEK, Petr. Úvod do speciální neurofyziologie. 3., přeprac. a rozš. vyd. Praha: Galén, 2011, x, 235. ISBN 9788072626182. info
- GANONG, William F. Přehled lékařské fyziologie. 20. vyd. Praha: Galén, 2005, xx, 890. ISBN 8072623117. info
- SILBERNAGL, Stefan and Agamemnon DESPOPOULOS. Atlas fyziologie člověka. Translated by Eliana Trávníčková. 2. čes. vyd. Praha, 1993, 352 s. ISBN 80-85623-79-X. info
- recommended literature
- Baars, B. J. & Gage, N. M. (2010): Cognition, brain, and Consciousness: Introduction to Cognitive Science. Elsevier
- PREISS, Marek and Hana PŘIKRYLOVÁ KUČEROVÁ. Neuropsychologie v neurologii. Vyd. 1. Praha: Grada, 2006, 362 s. ISBN 8024708434. info
- Neuropsychologie. Edited by Petr Kulišťák. 1. vyd. Praha: Portál, 2003, 327 s., xi. ISBN 80-7178-554-7. info
- New cognitive neurosciences. Edited by Michael S. Gazzaniga. 2nd ed. London: MIT Press, 2000, xiv, 1419. ISBN 0262071959. info
- PREISS, Marek. Klinická neuropsychologie. Vyd. 1. Praha: Grada, 1998, 406 s. ISBN 8071694436. info
- Teaching methods
- lectures, self-study
- Assessment methods
- Two written tests
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Pro otevření kurzu je potřeba minimálně 10 zapsaných studentů.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2013, recent)
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