Program Overview
The PhD program in Cognitive Neuroscience at Vita-Salute San Raffaele University trains graduates to understand the neural processes underlying cognitive functions and behavior. The program offers advanced training in various research areas, including language neuroscience, neurobiology of memory and learning, and perception and action. Graduates will be equipped with a solid background of knowledge and the ability to use modern instrumentation for studying cognitive functions and behavior in normal conditions and pathology.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
The PhD program in Cognitive Neuroscience at Vita-Salute San Raffaele University aims to train graduates in understanding the neural processes underlying cognitive functions and behavior, both in normal conditions and in neurological and psychiatric diseases. The program offers advanced training in various research areas, including language neuroscience, neurobiology of memory and learning, perception and action, neuroscience of emotion and decision-making processes, and psychometrics and quantitative modeling.
Objectives:
- Train professionals with a solid background of knowledge and ability to use the most modern instrumentation for studying cognitive functions and behavior in normal conditions and pathology.
Outline:
I YEAR:
- Il sistema motorio ed il linguaggio - Prof. Giovanni Buccino
- Neural oscillations as a tool to understand cognition and manipulate brain functioning - Prof. Luca Ronconi
- Assessment of cognitive and behavioral deficits in psychiatry - Dr Sara Poletti
- The self and spontaneous activity of the brain in healthy mind and psychopathology - Dr Andrea Scalabrini
- Alterazioni del ritmo sonno-veglia: effetti sulle funzioni cognitive – Prof. Luigi Ferini-Strambi
- Psicofisiologia delle emozioni (parte I) – Prof. Cesare Maffei
- Individual differences in language abilities: cerebral constraints and experiential factors - Prof. Nicola Del Maschio
- Reductionism and Antireductionism in Neuroscience - Prof. Cesare Maffei
- Neuroplasticità, evidenze dal neuroimaging - Prof.ssa Daniela Perani
- Reserach Integrity (Part I) – Dott. Roberto Buccione
II YEAR:
- Assessment of cognitive and behavioral deficits in psychiatry - Dr Sara Poletti
- The self and spontaneous activity of the brain in healthy mind and psychopathology - Dr Andrea Scalabrini
- Machine learning: principles and techniques in cognitive and behavioral neurosciences - Dr Benedetta Vai
- Psicofisiologia delle emozioni - Modulo II - Dr Roberta Bortolla
- Research Integrity (Part II) - Dr. Roberto Buccione
III YEAR:
- Assessment of cognitive and behavioral deficits in psychiatry - Dr Sara Poletti
- The self and spontaneous activity of the brain in healthy mind and psychopathology - Dr Andrea Scalabrini
- Machine learning: principles and techniques in cognitive and behavioral neurosciences - Dr Benedetta Vai
- Research Integrity (Part III) - Dr. Roberto Buccione