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Study Plan

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Laurea in Studi strategici per la sicurezza e le politiche internazionali - Enrollment from 2025/2026

The Study Plan includes all modules, teaching and learning activities that each student will need to undertake during their time at the University.
Please select your Study Plan based on your enrollment year.

activated in the A.Y. 2024/2025
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
C1 English or B1 other foreign languages
6
E
-
Final exam
6
E
-
Modules Credits TAF SSD
Between the years: 1°- 2°- 3°
Between the years: 2°- 3°
Training
6
F
-
Between the years: 2°- 3°
Further activities
6
F
-

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S Placements in companies, public or private institutions and professional associations

Teaching code

4S010557

Coordinator

Valentina Moro

Credits

6

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

M-PSI/02 - PSYCHOBIOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY

Period

Sem. 1A, Sem. 1B

Courses Single

Authorized

Learning objectives

The course aims to give the basic knowledge about the biological processes underlying social behaviour and political choices. In particular, the neural correlates of social interactions in political context, political orientation, in-group and out-group processes and their modulation by environment and culture will be discussed. The body/mind relation in the political and social behaviour will be analysed. The course will also illustrate the methodologies of research in social neurosciences and students will be conducted in the critical reading of the results of scientific research. The specific aims will be:
- knowledge of the biological correlates of social behaviour during social interactions;
- knowledge of the biological correlates of modulations in political behavior;
- knowledge of the research methods in cognitive neurosciences, with specific reference to political and social neurosciences;
- development of the ability to use instruments and techniques for the observation of social behaviour and implicit responses to social interactions;
- development of the ability to critically analyse experimental studies in neuropolitics.

Prerequisites and basic notions

No specific knowledge is required

Program

Introduction to political and social neuroscience A neuroanatomical look at the networks involved in social processes (limbic system, prefrontal cortices, insula, cortical medial network, salience network, central executive network, anterior cingulate cortex) - the perception of the human face and body in social choices Plasticity of neural networks The neurosciences of politics in social neurosciences (neuroeconomics, neuropsychoanalysis, neuroaesthetics, neuroethics) Social life between the self and the relationship with the other Social life (theory of mind, empathy) Prejudices and stereotypes Processes of ingroup and outgroup Leadership and political choices Embedding the world (theories of embodied knowledge and experiences of embedding)

Bibliography

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Didactic methods

lectures with discussions in the classroom

Learning assessment procedures

Written exam with open questions

Students with disabilities or specific learning disorders (SLD), who intend to request the adaptation of the exam, must follow the instructions given HERE

Evaluation criteria

knowledge acquisition; ability to discursively organize knowledge; critical reasoning skills on the study carried out; display quality,

Criteria for the composition of the final grade

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Exam language

Italiano Inglese per gli studenti Erasmus