SUBJECT

Neuropsychology

practical

master

Faculty of Education and Psychology

4

Semester 2

Spring semester

Aim of the course:

The aim of this course is to provide an overview of the most common adult and developmental neuropsychological syndromes and to integrate clinical and experimental approaches.

Learning outcome, competences

knowledge:

• introduction to the most common neurological syndromes and the related cognitive patterns
• insight to neuropsychological research designs and commonly used neuropsychological tests

attitude:

• cooperation and solving tasks in teams
• sensitivity towards persons with neurological disorders

skills:

• ability to make links between psychological and neurological phenomena
• ability to use basic neuropsychological tests and to interpret their results
• ability to elaborate and present neuropsychological case studies
• awareness of the limits of competence

Content of the course

Topics of the course

• movement regulation and movement disorders
• visual and spatial perception and related disorders
• attention and hemineglect
• short and long term memory and amnesia
• language disorders
• orientation and consciousness
• executive functions and frontal syndrome
• most commonneuropsychological tests

Learning activities, learning methods

discussion of neuropsychological empirical and case studies, practice of using neuropsychological tests, watching videos related to neuropsychology

Evaluation of outcomes

Learning requirements, mode of evaluation, criteria of evaluation:

requirements

• regular attendance
• presentation

mode of evaluation: written essay

criteria of evaluation:

• integration of practical and theoretical knowledge
• appropriate use of neuropsychological terminology
• demonstration of critical thinking

Compulsory reading list

• Ogden, J. A. (2005). Fractured minds: a case-study approach to clinical neuropsychology. 83-98. New York: Oxford University Press.

Recommended reading list

• Kolb, B., Wishaw, J. (eds.) (2003) Fundamentals of Human Neuropsychology, 5^th edition, Freeman.
• Lezak, M. D. (1995). Neuropsychological assessment (3rd ed.). New York, NY US: Oxford University Press.