COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SLEEP AND COGNITION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PSI 5095 SLEEP AND COGNITION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 9

Offered By

PSYCHOLOGY

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR NAKŞIDIL TORUN

Offered to

PSYCHOLOGY

Course Objective

In this course, the role of sleep on various functions of the brain such as memory, attention, cognitive control, learning, emotion processing, social cognition will be covered and discussed through articles. In addition, the biological mechanisms underlying sleep and wakefulness processes, terms related to sleep and biological rhythms, functions and measurement of sleep, sleep disorders and the effects of sleep deprivation on our mental health will be discussed.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students will be able to define the concepts and terminology necessary for the field of sleep
2   Students will be able to explain the mechanisms underlying the processes of sleep and wakefulness.
3   Students will be able to explain the functions of sleep
4   Students will be able to communicate the effects of sleep deprivation on cognitive functions
5   Students will have general knowledge about sleep disorders.
6   Students will be able to explain the role of sleep on various functions of the brain such as attention, cognitive control, memory, executive functions, emotion processing.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction of the syllabus and course requirements
2 Basics of sleep
3 Functions of sleep
4 Effects of sleep deprivation
5 Sleep and cognitive processes
6 Psychophysiology of sleep and memory consolidation
7 Attention and sleep/ article presentation
8 Cognitive control and sleep/ article presentation
9 Learning and sleep/ article presentation
10 Memory and sleep/ article presentation
11 Emotions and sleep/ article presentation
12 Executive functions and sleep/ article presentation
13 Social cognition and sleep/ article presentation
14 Psychopathologies and sleep/ article presentation

Recomended or Required Reading

Robert Stickgold & Matthew P. Walker/The Neuroscience of Sleep/Elsevier , MA,USA/ 2009
Kalat, James W./Biological psychology (13th Ed.)/Cengage Learning/2018
Matthew P. Walker Why we sleep PenguinBooks/ 2017
Empirical and review articles

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The topics that make up the scope of the course will be discussed with the lecturer's presentation and students presentation.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FCG* 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST* 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

It will be evaluated through midterm exams and student presentations.
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Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance to 70% of the courses is mandatory.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

naksidil.yazihan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Thursday 12:30-14:30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 5 70
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 40 40
Preparing assignments 1 14 14
Preparing presentations 1 40 40
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 232

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.1555
LO.25
LO.35
LO.455
LO.55555
LO.6555

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