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
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.
The final assessments during the exam periods will be identical to those described in the continuous assessment.
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 (MP) – unimodal processing.
S2. Neuroanatomical and physiological foundations of MP – multimodal processing.
S3. Neuroanatomical and physiological foundations of MP – the role of the auditory and vestibular systems.
S4. Key theoretical models of MP – 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.
Internship(s)
NAO
Bibliography
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