The General Psychology course intends to give the student the theoretical knowledge and methodological basis for understanding the human brain and behavior.

Topics covered:
- The science of psychology: the nature and definition of psychology, theoretical models, methods of research, the brain and behavior.
- Sensation and perception: Sensory processes, sensory ststems, Illusions, Pattern recognition, the Gestalt proinciples, Face perception.
- Consciousness: Attention, attention as a filter, automatic and controlled attentive processes, i circadian rhythms, sleeping, drug induced states.
- Learning: the role of experience, classical conditioning, operant conditioning.
- Memory: short-term memory, working memory, long-term memory. Encoding, storage and retrieval of information, forgetting.
- Language and thinking: properties and structures of language, understanding and producing language, theories of knowledge, concepts and propositions, reasoning, problem solving, decision-making.
- Motivation and emotions: theories of motivatoin, theories of emotion, emotion-cognition interactions, positive emotions.
- Lifespan development: cognitive, social and emotional development, social thinking, social influence and behavior in groups.
- Health psychology: stress, pain, health promotion and illness prevention.
- Psychological disorders and treatment

Holt N., Bremner A., Sutherland E., Vliek M., Passer M., Smith R. Psychology – The science of mind and behavior (fourth edition). Mc Graw-Hill Education, 2019.

1. introduction to ethics and deontology, concepts and fundamental values ​​of professional ethics in the modern healthcare context;
2. elements of patient safety, professional responsibility and health law;
3. the communication relationship for health professionals: enhancement of communication and information with the user, with the team, with the outside world.

Patient Centered Care in Medical Imaging and Radiotherapy by Aarthi Ramlaul, Vosper
Publisher: Churchill Livingstone; 1st Edition (March 26, 2013)

Amanda Bolderston (2016). Patient Experience in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy. Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences, 47:356-361

Patrick Davey , Anna Rathmell, Michael Dunn , Charles Foster, Helen Salisbury, Medical Ethics, Law and Communication at a Glance, ed. Wiley Blckwell, USA, 2017
Loewy, Erich E.H., Textbook of Healthcare Ethics, ed. Spinger, Milano 2002

material written by the professor, referring to the lessons

Holt N., Bremner A., Sutherland E., Vliek M., Passer M., Smith R. Psychology: The science of mind and behavior. Mc Graw-Hill Education, 2019.

1. introduction to ethics and deontology, concepts and fundamental values of professional ethics in the modern healthcare context;
2. elements of patient safety, professional responsibility and health law;
3. the communication relationship for health professionals: enhancement of communication and information with the user, with the team, with the outside world.

• Patrick Davey  , Anna Rathmell, Michael Dunn , Charles Foster, Helen Salisbury, Medical Ethics, Law and Communication at a Glance, ed. Wiley Blckwell, USA, 2017
• Loewy, Erich E.H., Textbook of Healthcare Ethics, ed. Spinger, Milano 2002

• material written by the professor, referring to the lessons

• consultation of documents and free resources produced by the European scientific societies of radiology, nuclear medicine, radiotherapy Guidelines & Recommendations or free content to download
• for example:
European Society of Radiology
https://www.myesr.org/publications/guidelines-and-recommendations,
European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM)
https://www.eanm.org/publications/technologists-guide/