Postgraduate Course: Human Cognitive Ageing (GMED11032)
Course Outline
| School |
School of Clinical Sciences and Community Health |
College |
College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits |
10 |
| Home subject area |
General Courses (Medicine) |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
None
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Taught in Gaelic? |
No |
| Course description |
This course will give an introduction to human cognitive ageing. It will cover issues within cognitive ageing such as memory, executive function, patterns of healthy and pathological cognitive ageing and future directions for the field. |
Entry Requirements
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites |
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| Prohibited Combinations |
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Other requirements |
None
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| Additional Costs |
None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2010/11 Semester 1, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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WebCT enabled: No |
Quota: None |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| No Classes have been defined for this Course |
| First Class |
First class information not currently available |
| No Exam Information |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Methodological learning points:
&· To understand links between cognitive theory and experimental design.
&· To understand the differential nature of cognitive abilities.
&· To be able to evaluate cognitive ageing experiments and studies critically.
Subject-specific learning points:
&· To understand differential changes of cognitive function with age, including memory and executive function
&· To be able to relate normative to non-normative cognitive ageing research
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Assessment Information
| Weekly online assessments based on 2 journal articles (100%) |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
WEEK 1
Cognitive ageing overview
WEEK 2
Memory - experimental methods
WEEK 3
Executive function - experimental methods
WEEK 4
Determinants of normative cognitive ageing
WEEK 5
Non-normative cognitive ageing
WEEK 6
Future research directions in human cognitive ageing
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| Transferable skills |
Not entered |
| Reading list |
Not entered |
| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
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| Keywords |
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Contacts
| Course organiser |
Prof Robert Logie
Tel:
Email: rlogie@staffmail.ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Dr Beverly Roberts
Tel: (0131 6)50 3368
Email: beverly.roberts@ed.ac.uk |
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