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NEUROSCIENCE OF CONSCIOUSNESS Single discipline educational activity
Course Sheet Academic Year of enrolment:
Disciplinary Sector:
Psychobiology and Physiological Psychology
Professor and Collaborators:
Hours of classroom activity:
Prerequisites:
Intermediate level of Psychobiology and English; elementary notions of Mathematics, Physics and Philosophy
Objectives
Contents Analysis of the current state of knowledge on the relationship between the organization of matter, neural activity and subjective experience. The course is based on lectures, with slides and videos, as well as translation and commentary on articles. The course will be held in the first semester.
Extended Syllabus Prof. Alfredo Brancucci (2 credits)
Perceptual consciousness: neurobiological bases. Visual consciousness. EEG, cerebral rhythms, wakefulness, sleep and dream. Qualia. Methods and techniques of neuroscience applied to consciousness. Phylogenesis and ontogenesis of consciousness. Integrated information theory, complexity, artificial consciousness.
Prof. Piero Di Carlo (2 credits)
Consciousness and complexity. The physical approach to complex systems. Order and disorder: the concept of entropy. Consciousness according to classical physics: entropic and syntropical models of consciousness. Consciousness according to quantum physics. Computational models of consciousness.
Prof. Enzo Forlano (2 credits)
Epistemology of consciousness: objective aspects and subjective aspects. Consciousness and unconsciousness. Constructing content of conscience: the basic mechanisms. Consciousness and higher cognitive functions. Consciousness and emotions. Neural correlates of the states of consciousness.
Recommended Bibliography - Teaching material (slides and articles) delivered during lessons.
Si consigliano inoltre le seguenti letture:
- Tononi G. Integrated information theory of consciousness: an updated account. Arch Ital Biol. 2012; 150(4):293-329.
- Forlano E. “Le basi neurocognitive del comportamento”. Carabba.
- Rosenblum B, Kuttner F. “Quantum enigma: physics encounters consciousness”. Duckworth overlook.
Methods of Provision
Teaching Methods Lectures with presentation of slides and movies.
Evaluation methods Verification of learning:
Multiple choice written exam. Optional oral.
Contacts/More Information 4 cfu course (previous order): 2 out of the 3 programs listed in the Extended Program section have to be studied.
6 cfu course (current order): all of the 3 programs listed in the Extended Program section have to be studied.