Introduction to social neuroscience

Uvod v socialno nevroznanost

Course credits:

6.00 ECTS / 60 (30 hours of lectures, 0 hours of exercises, 30 hours of seminars, 0 hours other forms of work)

Course holder:

izr. prof. dr. Gregor Tomc

Type:

Elective expert

Language:

English

Semester:

Second semester

Study degree

1. level

Course execution:

• Undergraduate Programme of Cultural studies - Studies of Culture and Creativity

Prerequisits:

Students are allowed to participate in the course, if they completed the enrolment procedure.

Objectives and competences

The goal of the course is to familiarize the student with the relevancy of the new discipline for the development of social science in general – the prospect of laboratory research of social phenomena which can be mutually verified. The student will be familiarized with a new approach to research, the dillemas and potentials it presents.

Content (Syllabus outline)

The student will be familiarized with current methods of brain research in the domain of social phenomena. Two dillemas will also be analysed: is brain activity localized or holistic, and are neuroscientific, psychological and sociological aproaches to research mutually compatible or not. The relevance of the new approach for traditional social science will be evaluated.

Intended learning outcomes:

The student will be capable to describe the new domain of research and to order social phenomena being researched. He will be capable to elaborate the advantages of the new approach as well as to explain its current weaknesses.

Learning and teaching methods:

Lectures, seminar work which is presented in class and consultations.

Assessment

The completion of the seminar work is a precondition for taking the exam. The final grade consists of: a written or oral exam (70%) and the grading of the seminar work (30%).

Obligatory literature

Additional literature