Cognitive Neuropsychology

Code:

P810

Acronym:

NC

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Psychology

Instance: 2010/2011 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Web Page:	http://moodle.up.pt Neuropsicologia Cognitiva
Responsible unit:	Psychology
Course/CS Responsible:	Integrated Master Psychology

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIPSI	1	Official Curricular Structure 2007/2008	4	-	6	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Learning outcomes

- to be familiar with the neuropsychological approach to human mind and human behaviour
- to be informed about selected neuropsychological syndromes and to be able to identify them through cognitive and behavioral analysis
- to be able to interpret, analyze and synthetize domain-specific knowledge at an intermediate level of expertise
- to be able to establish relationships between the acquired knowledge and daily life situations where it may be relevant

Program

Introduction: conceptual and methodological frameworks for cognitive neuropsychology; the mind / brain system
Visuo-spacial processing.
Attention and awareness.
Executive functions and the control of action.
Language. Lexical system and sentence processing. Pragmatics.
Memory. The semantic system.
Emotion and cognition.

Mandatory literature

Code Chris 340; Classic cases in neuropsychology. ISBN: 0-86377-396-6 (vol.1)
Rapp Brenda ed.; The handbook of cognitive neuropsychology. ISBN: 0-86377-592-6
Ellis Andrew W.; Human cognitive neuropsychology. ISBN: ISBN 0-86377-715-5

Teaching methods and learning activities

Seminars. Tutorials. Presentation and discussion of case studies. Online course.

keywords

Health sciences > Neuroscience > Neuropsychology

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Eligibility for exams

Students should attend at least 75% of the seminars and tutorials.

Calculation formula of final grade

The final grade will be based on the following: (a) review of a selected topic (according to the Professor's advice), oral presentation and written report; (b) “pensar pós-seminário”, home assignments after seminars (brief written reviews in response to think-and-reflect questions; (c) participation as subject in ongoing experiments (d) participation in the seminars.

The weight of the above components will be, respectively, 40%, 40%, 10% and 10%.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Special situations will be dealt with as needed.