COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ADVANCED APPLICATIONS IN PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PSI 6138 ADVANCED APPLICATIONS IN PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

PSYCHOLOGY

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR DERYA DURUSU EMEK SAVAŞ

Offered to

PSYCHOLOGY

Course Objective

The course covers the conceptual and methodological aspects of human psychophysiology. Psychophysiology is the study area linking cognitive, behavioral and emotional phenomena with physiological responses. Psychophysiological measures include EEG, pupillometry, electrodermal activity and various brain imaging techniques. This course will focus on the techniques of recording and analyzing these measures and their physiological basics and psychological interpretations. The main approach of the course is associated with physiological measures on humans and the application of these measures on a broad area of psychology.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1. Discuss the current psychophysiology literature.
2   2. Explain the associations between cognitive processes and event-related brain potentials.
3   3. Explain the associations between cognitive processes and pupil dilation.
4   4. Explain the associations between cognitive processes and electrodermal activity.
5   5. Explain the associations between cognitive processes and functional neuroimaging findings.
6   6. Use psychophysiological methods such as EEG, pupillometry, functional MRI.
7   7. Design and conduct experiments using psychophysiological methods.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Psychophysiological Techniques General Review
2 Psychophysiological Techniques EEG
3 Psychophysiological Techniques Event Related Brain Potentials
4 Psychophysiological Techniques Event Related Brain Potentials
5 Psychophysiological Techniques Pupillometry
6 Psychophysiological Techniques Pupillometry
7 Psychophysiological Techniques Elektrodermal Aktivite
8 Psychophysiological Techniques Functional MRI
9 Psychophysiological Techniques Functional MRI
10 Applied Psychophysiology Event Related Brain Potentials
11 Applied Psychophysiology Event Related Brain Potentials
12 Applied Psychophysiology Pupillometry
13 Applied Psychophysiology Pupillometry
14 Applied Psychophysiology Functional MRI
15 Applied Psychophysiology Functional MRI
16 Final

Recomended or Required Reading

1. The Cognitive Neuroscience of Metacognition. Editors: Fleming, Stephen M., Frith, Christopher D. (Eds.) Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014.
2. Metacognition and Cognitive Neuropsychology: Monitoring and Control Processes. Giuliana Mazzoni, Thomas O. Nelson. Psychology Press 2014.
3. Metacognition. John Dunlosky and Janet Metcalfe. SAGE Publications 2008.
4. Recent articles on metacognition

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Topics will be contentiously examined by instructor as a moderator and active participation of students. In addition, there is laboratory work with the course coordinator as a moderator involving the application of psychophysiological methods, and design and conduct experiments.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

1. Homework Assignments/Presentation (30%)
2. Laboratory Work (30%)
3. Final Exam (40%)

Assessment Criteria

Assessment criteria should be associated with learning strategies.

Course requires to prepare homework about current psychophysiology research and to practice in the laboratory for the preparation of experiments using psychophysiological methods. Additionally, final exam including open-ended questions on knowledge, comprehension, analysis, interpretation and synthesis levels will be held.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

70 % attendance is compulsory.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

derya.emek@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesday 15:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 9 3 27
Practice (Reflection) 6 3 18
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 10 3 30
Preparing assignments 3 15 45
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 137

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.145545
LO.255544
LO.35445
LO.4544
LO.5554
LO.64544
LO.745544

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