Overview
Description
The study of human cognition and brain organization in brain-damaged patient groups that exhibit visual agnosias, aphasia, spatial neglect, and executive dysfunction.
Requirements
Prerequisites
- Junior standing
PSY 240BIOL 105PSY 101
Original catalog text
Prerequisites
Prerequisite(s): PSY 240 and BIOL 105; or PSY 101 and Junior standing.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Fall - Odd Years
Terms
fall
Related Courses
Cross Listed With NS 446
Restrictions
Junior standing
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- identify individual parts of the human brain and understand the functions in which those locations play a role.
- identify specific regions of the cortex and describe what types of behavioral symptoms might occur following damage to those regions.
- describe several types of neuropsychological syndromes, their etiology and the symptoms that are associated with each syndrome.
- describe methods of patient assessment, both behavioral and neuropathological.