Module PSYC3011: NEUROPSYCHOLOGY

Department: PSYCHOLOGY

PSYC3011: NEUROPSYCHOLOGY

Prerequisites

• Memory and Language (PSYC2081) OR Brain Processes of Cognition and Perception (PYSC2111) OR Modules to the value of 100 credits from Level 2 Applied Psychology (C810)

Corequisites

• None.

Excluded Combination of Modules

• Neuropsychological Rehabilitation (PSYS3131)

Aims

• This module will give students an understanding of cognitive neuropsychological modules of high level behaviour such as remembering, recognising, planning and speaking and the role of the brain in such behaviour.

Content

• The topics will normally include: Techniques, methods and approaches in Neuropsychology.
• Memory and amnesia: neuropsychological and anatomical aspects of memory.
• Visual neuropsychological: visual disorders following brain damage including visual agnosia, prosopagnosia and neglect.
• The neuropsychology of high level deficits: prefrontal cortex and deficits in problem solving, planning and working memory.
• Language Disorders: aphasia and dyslexia.
• Individual and hemispheric differences in brain organisation.
• Recovery of function: mechanisms of recovery of functions, age effects, behavioural strategies.

Learning Outcomes

• Detailed knowledge of some current theories in cognitive neuropsychology and evidence relating to these theories

• Ability to review critically and consolidate understanding of a coherent body of psychological knowledge and apply it appropriately

• Good written communication skills
• Good IT skills in word processing, data manipulation and data presentation
• Abilities to work independently in scholarship and research within broad guidelines

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

• The module will be assessed by essays, both a summatively assessed course work essay and a two-hour examination.
• Essays are the most appropriate form to evaluate the learning outcomes listed above.
• The give the opportunity for students to give evidence of their knowledge, while evaluating argument and evidence, comparing theoretical positions and interpreting empirical work in the light of theory.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Summative Assessment

Formative Assessment:

None.

■ Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University