Applied research in cognitive neuroscience

General: Student´s formation in research strategies, methods and techniques in the field of Cognitive Neuroscience for the study of psychological processes (normal and pathological)
normal and pathological psychological processes investigation in .

Specific: To know and discuss some advances in applyed research on Cognitive Neuroscience.

Applyed research fields carried out by the professors

1- Neurocognitive evaluation of normal and pathological aging.

2- Psychophysiology and Neuropsychology of alcoholism and of risk to alcoholism.

3- Advances in Neuroscience Cognitive research.

Andreassi, J.L. (2006). Psychophysiology: Human behavior and physiological response, 5th ed. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Assoc.
Cabeza, R., Nyberg, L. & Park, D. (2005). Cognitive Neuroscience of Aging. Linking Cognitive and Cerebral Aging. New York: Oxford University Press.
Cacioppo, J.T., Tassinary, L.G. & Berntson, G.G. (Eds.) (2007). Handbook of Psychophysiology, 3rd ed. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge Univ Press.
Gazzaniga, M.S. (2004) The New Cognitive Neurosciences III. Cambridge (Massachusetts): MIT Press.

Diverse scientific papers about the subjects of the course

Journals related with the subjects of the course.
- Addiction - Internacional J. of Psychophysiology
- Age and Ageing - J. Clin. and Exper. Neuropsychology - Alzheimer's and Dementia
- Alcoholism: Clin. Exp. Res. - J. of Cognitive Neuroscience - J. of Alzheimer Disease
- Biological Psychology - J. of Psychophysiology
- Biological Psychiatry - J. of Neurosciences
- Cognitive, Affect. and Beh. Neurosc. - J. of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs
- Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology - Neurobiology of Aging
- Gognitive Brain Research - Neuroimage
- Drug and Alcohol Dependence - Neuropsychology; Neuropsychologia
- Experimental Aging Research - Psychology of Aging
- Human Brain Mapping - Psychophysiology - Frontiers in Human Neuroscience - Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

- Ability to use information and make critical revisions of the scientific literature.

- Ability to use different information resources.

- Working procedure of an investigation report.

- Ability to perform different stages of a research in Cognitive Neuroscience.

Attendance at the lessons (seminars, discusions sessions) and supervised activities (bibliographic search, critical revision, design of a research project).

Continuous assessment considering:

- Active attendance at theorical and discusión sessions.

- Preparation and public presentation of a review of the literature about a specific subject or a research project about Cognitive Neuroscience.

One hundred theorical hours will be necessary to pass this course: 30% will be of active attendance and the rest will be student´s personal or into group work.

It´s necessaty to know the biological basis of human behavior (Psychobiology basis –neurophysiology and neuroanatomy-, Physiological Psychology, Psychophysiology, Neuropsychology).
It´s advisable to study the others courses belonging to Psychobiology area.

This course deals with applied investigation in Cognitive Neuroscience, on the basis of. different psychofysiological and neuropsychological investigations developed in Santiago de Compostela University, The course deals with aging, alcoholism and brain damage, showing that the multidisciplinary approach is essential for the study of. Cognitive Neuroscience.
When the student learns the contents and skills of. this course, will make research´s proyects in the context of Cognitive Neuroscience.

Language: Lectures and practical classes are taught in Galician or Spanish.

The coordinator for this year is Professor Fernando Cadaveira Mahía.

Tutorials:
They will be held virtually through the professors' email and in person (by appointment) in each professor's office (Pavilion A, 2nd floor, offices 60 and 63), with the following timetable:

- Prof. F. Cadaveira: Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays: 12-14h.
- Prof. F. Díaz: Mondays: 17-20h; Wednesdays: 9-10,30h; 18:30-20h.

NOTE: For cases of fraudulent performance of exercises or tests, the provisions of the "Normativa de avaliación do rendemento académico dos estudantes e de revisión de cualificacións".