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| PSYC0083-1 | Biopsychology of learning and conditioning
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| Duration : | 30h Th |
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| Lecturer : | André Ferrara |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Organisation and examination :
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| All year long |
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Course contents :
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| Studies of learning provide insights into the way experience influences our behavior on a permanent basis.
Basic associative learning principles have contributed to our understanding of the functions of the nervous system. They have provided useful models for different psychological disorders. They allowed the study of the cognition and intelligence evolution in various species. Finally, methods and analytical models developped to study conditioning and learning have been adopted in other investigation fields (infant cognition, behavioral neuroscience, psychopharmacology, behavioral medecine, behavioral toxicology, special education, etc.). |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| The use of procedures of pavlovian, instrumental and operant Learning will be examined in the frame of an applied perspective; in 2014-15: the Parkinson disease.
Starting from a behavioral or cognitive function impaired in the Parkinsonian patient, the aim of the work will be to examine how that function is tested in the patient and in the animal model (using principles of learning and behavior). |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Written report. |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Several scientific articles will be used for the written report. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| The evaluation is based on the written report (expectancies relatively to this report will be defined with the students). |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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Contacts :
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| Ferrara André (04/366.22.32 - a.ferrara@ulg.ac.be) |
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