Neuroscience and Neuro-Psychological Rehabilitation

The programme aims totrain the professional figure of psychologist expert in neuropsychology.
The programme therefore aims to provide students with psychological knowledgeand skills in the two macro-areas central to the profession: CognitiveNeuroscience and Neuropsychological Rehabilitation. These include boththeoretical knowledge of the cognitive and affective processes underlying humanbehaviour, their mechanisms of impairment, and techniques for theirrehabilitation, as well as tools for observation, assessment, and interventionin the neuropsychological field, so that the second-cycle graduate canindependently perform the typical acts of the psychology profession.
The curriculum is based on the integration of theoretical-methodological andpractical-experiential activities. In the first year, theoretical andmethodological knowledge on cognitive neuroscience and neuropsychologicalsemeiotics is furthered, covering the entire life span, with lectures ondevelopmental age, adulthood, and healthy and pathological ageing. The secondyear includes learning activities that apply the acquired neuroscientificknowledge to the design of interventions for the rehabilitation of acquired ordevelopmental cognitive and affective disorders and the promotion ofpsychological well-being, and to the forensic context.
The teaching style is always characterised by a strong emphasis on activestudent participation during exercises, critical discussion and design ofresearch and interventions, and analysis of clinical cases. In addition, thebroad range of elective course units allows students to characterise theirstudies in a more experimental-technical or clinical-rehabilitation direction.
Practical assessment, also provided in the second year, completes thegraduate's training by providing practical skills for the application ofassessment and intervention techniques and tools typical of the psychologyprofession, particularly in the neuropsychological context. A practicalassessment test (PPV) also aims to ascertain the acquisition of these technicalskills for the purpose of exercising the profession.
Finally, the dissertation is an opportunity to critically reflect on specificaspects of the neuropsychologist's work by designing, analysing and presentingan original experimental study.

Admissionto the second cycle degree/two year master in Neurosciences andneuro-psychological rehabilitation requires possession of a bachelor's degreeor three-year university diploma, or any other degree obtained abroad,recognised as suitable. Additionally, candidates must meet the curricularrequirements and pass the assessment of personal knowledge and skills.
Admission to the Second cycle degree programmeis also subject to the possession of at least one of the following admissionrequirements:
• a 1st cycle degree in one of the followingclasses:
- pursuant to Italian Ministerial Decree270/2004: Class L-24;
- pursuant to Italian Ministerial Decree509/1999: Class 34;
• possess another qualification obtained abroadand deemed suitable according to the laws in force;
• have a first-cycle degree with at least 88 credits in subject groups M-PSI/01to M-PSI/08 (at least 6 credits in each subject group M-PSI/01, M-PSI/02,M-PSI/03, M-PSI/04, M-PSI/05, M-PSI/06, M-PSI/07 and M-PSI/08).
Admission to the 2nd cycle degree programme is subject to the passing of a testto assess the candidates' personal competencies and skills, which will followthe methods defined in the degree programme teaching regulations.
Knowledge of the English language to at least CEFR level B2 is required.

In the total or partial absence of the recognition of 10 credits forprofessional learning activities, single-cycle graduates will acquire themissing internship credits in addition to the 120 credits of the second-cycledegree.