The aim of the course is the mastering by the student of advanced and updated knowledge in the domain of cognitive neuroscience, as well as the critical and analytical understanding of the neural correlates of behaviour and of cognitive and affective neuroscience, also in the light of development and biological evolution. This will be conveyed through the acquisition and discussion of contents converging from several methodologies (electrophysiology, lesion studies on animal models, neuropsychology, neuroimaging, neurostimulation, etc), thus allowing an integrative vision of the multi- and interdisciplinary nature of the field. A further aim is that of providing the ability to communicate the acquired knowledge in a competent fashion, as well as to formulate autonomously hypotheses and perspectives of investigation.