COGNITIVE NEUROPSYCHOLOGY
Stampa
Enrollment year
2022/2023
Academic year
2022/2023
Regulations
DM270
Academic discipline
M-PSI/02 (PSYCHOBIOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF BRAIN AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
Course
PSYCHOLOGY, NEUROSCIENCE AND HUMAN SCIENCES
Curriculum
Cognitive Psychology and Neuroscience
Year of study
Period
2nd semester (30/01/2023 - 16/06/2023)
ECTS
6
Lesson hours
36 lesson hours
Language
English
Activity type
WRITTEN AND ORAL TEST
Teacher
Prerequisites
Useful but not necessary prerequisites are basic knowledge of the physiology of the central and peripheral nervous system (e.g. brain cells, action potential, neuroanatomy)
Learning outcomes
The main objective of the course is to provide the theoretical and methodological foundations of neuropsychology, presenting the clinical symptoms, theoretical interpretations and neural bases of the main neuropsychological disorders resulting from acquired brain injury.
The expected outcomes are:
- Ability to understand and use knowledge in the field of clinical neuropsychology.
- Ability to interpret a neuropsychological examination.
- Ability to formulate diagnostic hypotheses about neuropsychological deficits.
Course contents
History of neuropsychology.
Methodological foundations of neuropsychology: simple and double dissociation between symptoms and signs; neuropsychological syndromes.
Neuropsychological assessment: clinical examination.
Oral language disorders: aphasias.
Memory disorders.
Attention disorders.
Disorders of object, colour and face recognition: agnosia.
Disorders of spatial cognition: unilateral spatial neglect and other spatial deficits.
Consciousness disorders
Executive deficits.
Dementia
Teaching methods
The course is based on lectures and group activities. Power Point presentations and video recordings are used for the lectures, which are made available to students in the teaching section on the KIRO platform.
During the exercises, students are guided in the evaluation of clinical cases of neuropsychology. Attendance at lectures and tutorials is strongly recommended.
Reccomended or required readings
Textbook: Denes, G., & Pizzamiglio, L. (Eds.). (1999). Handbook Of Clinical And Experimental Neuropsychology (1st ed.). Psychology Press. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315791272
Assessment methods
The examination consists of a written test with 30 multiple-choice questions and an oral interview at the student's request.
A minimum score of 18/30 on the multiple-choice questions is a prerequisite for passing the examination and access to the oral test if required.
The multiple-choice questions contain 3 answers of which only one is correct. One point is awarded for each correct answer and 0 points for errors or omissions.
Further information
Sustainable development goals - Agenda 2030