Crucial Cases in Neuropsychology 2404-P-MF-PPN-SJ
The classes will discuss case studies of neurological patients demonstrating various neuropsychological deficits/syndromes. The case studies will cover the following topics:
1) Speech and the brain. Aphasia, dysarthria, consequences of right hemisphere damage for speech.
2) Memory and the brain (amnesia, hypermnesia, Sawant syndrome)
3) Dementia syndromes (specific memory disorders in the course of neurodegenerative diseases, e.g. Alzheimer's disease).
4) Self-awareness, emotional and personality disorders (anosognosia, blindsight, side skip syndrome, frontal syndrome, Capgras syndrome, Urban-Wieth syndrome, Kluver-Bucy syndrome).
5) Hemispheric asymmetry. Consequences of damage to the magnum commissure and hemispherectomy.
6) Perception and recognition disorders (hemiplegia, agnosia).
7) Consciousness disorders (vegetative state, minimally conscious state, locked-in syndrome).
Total student workload
Learning outcomes - knowledge
Learning outcomes - skills
Learning outcomes - social competencies
Observation/demonstration teaching methods
Expository teaching methods
- informative (conventional) lecture
Exploratory teaching methods
- seminar
- case study
- presentation of a paper
- brainstorming
Online teaching methods
- content-presentation-oriented methods
Type of course
Prerequisites
Course coordinators
Assessment criteria
Attendance at classes (1 absence allowed).
Activity during classes (substantive participation in discussions, reading literature for classes).
The basis for the final grade will be an oral presentation on a selected topic. The presentation takes the form of a case description or a series of cases of patients with brain damage based on the proposed literature or independently selected publications (related to the subject of the course).
Practical placement
Not concerns
Bibliography
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