Postgraduate - UnitDPSY5261 - Neuropsychological models of cognition and behaviour part 1

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Organisational Unit	School of Psychological Sciences
Offered	Clayton First semester 2015 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Professor Julie Stout

Synopsis

Neuropsychological disorders will be considered from perspectives taken in cognitive psychology and cognitive neuropsychology. In particular, there will be an emphasis on establishing frameworks for conceptualising neuropsychological features of neurological and psychiatric conditions, and frameworks for approaching clinical assessment and rehabilitation.

Outcomes

On completion of this unit students will:

Have knowledge of neural bases of attention, language, visuospatial functions, memory, executive functions, emotion processing, and complex adaptive behaviours, in both in normality and pathology;
Understand the current theoretical models proposed to account for neuropsychological impairments.

Assessment

2 x assignments (10% each)
4 x assignments (15% each)
Visual-graphic assignment (20%)
Oral presentation (hurdle requirement)

Chief examiner(s)

Professor Julie Stout

Co-requisites

Must be enrolled in Doctor of Psychology in Clinical Neuropsychology