PSA_040 Neuroscience

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2012
Extent and Intensity
2/1/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Lubomír Vašina, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Zdenka Stránská, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Psychology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 10:50–12:25 C33
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
At the end of the course students should be able to work with information about the human brain, neural correlates of the human consciousness and personality in clinical neuropsychology and neuropsychological rehabilitation towards the end. This course is designed to be used in one-semester in basic of neuroscience. The definitions, history and major schools of thought and treatment are presented first.Then, each of the major themes of the neuroscience is laid out in light of the competing schools of thought.
Syllabus
  • 1. Human brain-What is it like to be human? History and a new perspective on the role of new neurophysiological kowledges (cortical plasticity, genes and the development of neural networks, cognitive neuroimaging, evolutionary design of a neurocognitive system etc.)in the understanding of human brain.Pattering of the cerebral cortex.
  • 2.Sensory systems. Somatosensory discimination. Auditory cortex. Determining an auditory scene.Olfaction-from sniff to percept. Mechanisms of image processing in the visual cortex.
  • 3.Motor system. Toward a neurobiology of coordinate transformations.Representation of action. Brain mechanisms of action. Basal ganglia and cerebellar circuits with the cerebral cortex. The basal ganglia and the control of action. Brain mechanisms of praxis.
  • 4. Attention and frontal lobes.
  • 5.Dopamin specificity in cognitive systems. An information framework for memory representation by the hippocampus. Prefrontal cortex.
  • 6.Biological foundation of language. The evolution of language.
  • 7. The human amygdala and social neuroscience.
  • 8.Neural correlates of human consciousness.
Literature
  • Čihák,R.(1997):Anatomie III. Grada,Praha.
  • DIAMANT, Jiří Jindřich and Lubomír VAŠINA. Kapitoly z neuropsychologie. Vyd. 2. přeprac. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1998, 212 s. ISBN 8021017392. info
  • KUKLETA, Miloslav and Alexandra ŠULCOVÁ. Texty k přednáškám z neurověd. Brno: Lékařská fakulta Masarykovy univerzity, 1996, 43 s. info
  • DUBOVÝ, Petr. Struktura a spoje nervové soustavy v obrazech a schématech. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1994, 112 s. ISBN 80-210-0866-0. info
  • MYSLIVEČEK, Jaromír and Jarmila MYSLIVEČKOVÁ-HASSMANNOVÁ. Nervová soustava : funkce, struktura a poruchy činnosti. Vydání 1. Praha: Avicenum, zdravotnické nakladatelství, 1989, 318 stran. info
Teaching methods
Lecture (two hours per week), seminar (one hour per week-with course assessment)
Assessment methods
Written examination (written test-21 questions rated 36 points; for successfully managing to be achieved at last 28 points.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Teacher's information
http://www.phil.muni.cz/psych/index_cz.html
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1998, Spring 1999, Spring 2002, Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016.
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