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Course Sheet Academic Year of enrolment:
Disciplinary Sector:
Psychobiology and Physiological Psychology
Professor and Collaborators:
Hours of classroom activity:
Prerequisites:
As a prerequisite, the students are required an advanced psychobiological knowledge.
Objectives Contents The course deals with the theoretical and methodological foundations of neuropsychology, presenting the clinical symptoms, theoretical interpretations and neural bases of the main disorders following acquired cerebral injuries.
Extended Syllabus Theoretical and methodological foundations of neuropsychology. Main neuropsychological disorders and syndromes: disorders of oral and written language (aphasia, dyslexia and dysgraphia), disorders of voluntary movements (apraxia), disorders of memory (amnesia), attentional and visuo-spatial disorders (neglect), body representation disorders, disorders of executive functions, mild and major neurocognitive disorders (MCI and dementia). Disorders of illness awareness, emotional and psychiatric disorders following acquired brain injuries.
Recommended Bibliography Manuale di neuropsicologia. Giuseppe Vallar and Costanza Papagno. Edition: Il Mulino. Slides of the course.
Teaching Methods The course contents are presented through lessons in lecture hall, taking advantage of power point slides (made available to the students) and of critical vision of explicative clinical cases.
Evaluation methods Verification of learning:
Written examination with multiple-choice questions.
Contacts/More Information It is possible to participate to the scientific meetings organised by the Laboratory of Neuropsychology and Cognitive Neuroscience.neuropsicolab@gmail.com , asking for signing up to the newsletter.
