PROGRAMME >> EVENT #27  

sunday aug. 31.time 11.30.sala delle capriate Fortezza Firmafede - 4,00
Bruno G.  Bara - The social brain

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How does the social brain work, especially the part, called the intentionality circuit, that controls private, social and communicative intentions? Cognitive science has recently started to investigate those issues which are having a deep impact on both neuroscience and psychotherapy. Bara explains how the brain and mind of two individuals become attuned on an emotional and cognitive level, and the processes of human social interaction. The human brain has actually developed to meet the relational features of our species, and understanding these processes may help us shed light on the way we relate with other people.

Bruno G.  Bara
a medicine graduate and a qualified medical psychologist, is full professor of Communication Psychology within the Faculty of Psychology at Turin University. He is also scientific director of the schools of specialization in Cognitive Psychotherapy of Como, Turin and Genoa. His publications include: Pragmatica cognitiva (1999); Il metodo della scienza cognitiva (2000); Il sogno della permanenza (2003); Dinamica del cambiamento e del non cambiamento (2007); he also edited the Nuovo manuale di psicoterapia cognitiva (2005-06); all books are published by Bollati Boringhieri.