NEUROSCIENCE OF CONSCIOUSNESS

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

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Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Course code:

PSI0309

Academic Year of enrolment:

2018

Year of supply:

2019/2020

Type of Course:

Elective Course

Degree:

Course of 1st Cycle Degree in PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Disciplinary Sector:

Psychobiology and Physiological Psychology

Location:

CHIETI

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

BRANCUCCI Alfredo

Dott. DI CARLO PIERO

FORLANO Vincenzo

Cycle:

First semester

Hours of classroom activity:

Individual study hours:

102

Prerequisites:

Intermediate level of Psychobiology and English; elementary notions of Mathematics, Physics and Philosophy.

Objectives

Provide the student with the means to understand the most recent developments in the field of scientific studies on consciousness.

Contents

Analysis of the current state of knowledge on the relationship between matter organization, neural activity and subjective experience. The course is based on lectures, with presentation of slides and films, translation and commentary of articles. The course will be held in the first semester.

Extended Syllabus

Prof. Alfredo Brancucci (2 cfu)
Perceptive consciousness: neurobiological bases. Visual consciousness. EEG, brain rhythms, wake, sleep and dream. Qualia. Investigation techniques of neuroscience applied to 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 syntropic models of consciousness. Consciousness according to quantum physics. Computational models of consciousness.

Prof. Enzo Forlano (2 cfu)
Epistemology of consciousness: objective aspects and subjective aspects. Consciousness and the unconscious. Constructing the contents of consciousness: the basic mechanisms. Consciousness and higher cognitive functions. Consciousness and emotions. Neural correlates of states of consciousness.

Recommended Bibliography

- Teaching material (slides and articles) delivered during the lessons.

We also recommend the following readings:
- Edelman GM, Tononi G. "A universe of conscience". Einaudi.
- Forlano E. "The neurocognitive bases of behavior". Carabba.
- Rosenblum B, Kuttner F. "Quantum enigma: physics encounters consciousness". Duckworth overlook.

Methods of Provision

Conventional

Teaching Methods

Lectures with presentation of slides and films.

Evaluation methods

Verification of learning:

Multiple choice written exam. Maximum mark is 30, minimum acceptable 18.

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

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