FF:PSBB062 Neuroscience in everyday life - Course Information
PSBB062 Neuroscience in everyday life
Faculty of ArtsAutumn 2022
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Sylvie Kropáčová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- Mgr. Sylvie Kropáčová, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jarmila Valchářová
Supplier department: Department of Psychology – Faculty of Arts - Timetable
- Thu 10:00–11:40 K32
- Prerequisites (in Czech)
- PSBA010 Neuroscience
- 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 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 1/20, only registered: 0/20 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Psychology (programme FF, B-PSYCH_)
- Course objectives
- The aim of this course is to introduce students' factual knowledge of neuroscience into the context of everyday human functioning. Practical part of the course constists of analysing of own cognitive capacities and processes and offers possibilities of their improvement and harmonization in the sense of neurohacking.
- Learning outcomes
- After completing the course, the student will be able to:
-describe and assess cognitive functions
-estimate his own cognitive capacity
-critically evaluate patterns of behavior and lifestyle with respect to brain health
-use tools for prevention and rehabilitation of cognitive performance - Syllabus
- Neuroplasticity, neurohacking a neurorehabilitation
- Memory and attention
- Motor functions and language skills
- Executive functions
- Life style and the brain
- Stress, pain and the brain
- Psychoactive substances and the brain
- Literature
- DOIDGE, Norman. Váš mozek se dokáže změnit. Translated by Eva Kadlecová. 2. vyd. Brno: CPress, 2012, 367 s. ISBN 9788026401117. info
- GAZZANIGA, Michael S., Richard B. IVRY and G. R. MANGUN. Cognitive neuroscience : the biology of the mind. Edited by Megan S. Steven. 3rd ed. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2009, 1 sv. ISBN 9780393927955. info
- DAHLKE, Rüdiger. Program pro zdraví : správné dýchání, pohyb, výživa a relaxace. Translated by Eva Špačková. Vyd. 1. V Praze: Ikar, 2006, 181 s. ISBN 8024907321. info
- Teaching methods
- theory and practise
- Assessment methods
- written test and discussion
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- Study Materials
The course is taught each semester.
- Enrolment Statistics (recent)
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