Base Knowledge
Students should have a basic understanding of anatomy and physiology, pathology, as well as auditory and vestibular processing at various stages of the life cycle.
Teaching Methodologies
TM1 – Expository method (with audiovisual support)
TM2 – Exploration of 3D neuroanatomical atlases combined with gamification dynamics
TM3 – Self-directed learning and information research
TM4 – Interactive dialogue and active feedback from the professor and peers
National or international experts of recognised scientific, technical, pedagogical, or professional merit may be invited to collaborate whenever their participation is considered necessary and demonstrably beneficial.
Learning Results
LO1. Understand the neurobiological foundations underlying multisensory processing.
LO2. Comprehend key contemporary theoretical models of multisensory processing.
LO3. Reflect on the role of the auditory and vestibular systems in the brain circuits and models of multisensory processing.
LO4. Understand the evolution of multisensory processing throughout the lifespan.
LO5. Discuss and reflect on the impact of various clinical conditions on multisensory processing.
Program
S1. Neuroanatomical and physiological foundations of multisensory processing – unimodal processing.
S2. Neuroanatomical and physiological foundations of multisensory processing – multimodal processing.
S3. Neuroanatomical and physiological foundations of multisensory processing – the role of the auditory and vestibular systems.
S4. Key theoretical models of multisensory processing – Sensory Integration Theory.
S5. Key theoretical models of multisensory processing – Predictive Processing Theory.
S6. Key theoretical models of multisensory processing – the role of the auditory and vestibular systems.
S7. Multisensory processing across the lifespan – from birth to childhood.
S8. Multisensory processing across the lifespan – from adolescence to adulthood.
S9. Multisensory processing across the lifespan – the impact of aging.
S10. Changes in multisensory processing – case studies in Psychiatry.
S11. Changes in multisensory processing – case studies in Neurology.
S12. Changes in multisensory processing – case studies on Developmental Disorders.
National or international experts of recognised scientific, technical, pedagogical, or professional merit may be invited to collaborate whenever their participation is considered necessary and demonstrably beneficial.
Curricular Unit Teachers
Bruno Bastos Vieira de MeloGrading Methods
Continuous Assessment - Will include 3 components:
A1 - Individual written test
A2 - Group written assignment - literature review on a pathology involving changes in multisensory processing and critical reflection on the role of the auditory and vestibular systems in the selected pathology
A3 - Oral presentation of the work described in A2
Final grade = A1 * 0.4 + A2 * 0.4 + A3 * 0.2
Each assessment component requires a minimum grade of 9.5 out of 20.
Assessment by exam: Individual written test, with a minimum grade of 9.5out of 20.
Internship(s)
NAO
Bibliography
Primary:
Choi, I., Demir, I., Oh, S., & Lee, S.-H. (2023). Multisensory integration in the mammalian brain: Diversity and flexibility in health and disease. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 378(1886), 20220338. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2022.0338
Lane, S. J., Mailloux, Z., Schoen, S., Bundy, A., May-Benson, T. A., Parham, L. D., Smith Roley, S., & Schaaf, R. C.
(2019). Neural Foundations of Ayres Sensory Integration((R)). Brain Sciences, 9(7).
https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci9070153
Pennartz, C. M. A. (2022). What is neurorepresentationalism? From neural activity and predictive processing to multi-level representations and consciousness. Behavioural Brain Research, 432, 113969. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2022.113969
Secondary:
Brown, A., Tse, T., & Fortune, T. (2019). Defining sensory modulation: A review of the concept and a contemporary
definition for application by occupational therapists. Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 26(7), 515-523.
https://doi.org/10.1080/11038128.2018.1509370
Sprevak, M., & Smith, R. (2023). An Introduction to Predictive Processing Models of Perception and Decision‐Making. Topics in Cognitive Science, tops.12704. https://doi.org/10.1111/tops.12704
Stein, B. E. (Ed.). (2012). The New Handbook of Multisensory Processing. The MIT Press. https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/8466.001.0001