Giuseppe BARBATO
Insegnamento di PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY OF SLEEP AND BIOLOGICAL RHYTHMS
Corso di laurea magistrale in PSICOLOGIA DEI PROCESSI COGNITIVI
SSD: M-PSI/02
CFU: 6,00
ORE PER UNITÀ DIDATTICA: 42,00
Periodo di Erogazione: Primo Semestre
Italiano
Lingua di insegnamento | INGLESE |
English
Teaching language | English |
Contents | Sleep : Theories on sleep function. Sleep duration: short and long sleepers. |
Textbook and course materials | A manual of standardized terminology, techniques and scoring system for sleep stages of human subjects:A. Rechtschaffen and A. Kales (Editors). (Public Health Service, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington |
Course objectives | Mechanisms and functions of sleep and of circadian rhythms. Modification of sleep patterns due to mental illness. Circadian and seasonal rhythms. Sleep and dreaming. |
Prerequisites | Background on Physyological psychology |
Teaching methods | lecture |
Evaluation methods | Oral exam |
Course Syllabus | Psychophysiology of sleep and circadian rhythms |