Postgraduate Course: Human cognitive neuroscience (PSYL11024)
Course Outline
| School | School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | The course on Human Cognitive Neuroscience will enable Master students to develop an insight into the current areas of major theoretical concern within the discipline of Cognitive and Clinical Neuropsychology. In addition, the course will give Master students knowledge of how experimental studies of patients with brain diseases and brain damage contribute to the understanding of human cognition. There will also be an examination of how theories of human cognition can be applied to the understanding of important aspects of pathological brain.
This course will examine the issue of double dissociations within different areas of cognition, including hemi-inattention, dysexecutive syndromes, apraxias and amnesias syndromes. It will introduce Master students to the major theoretical perspectives and the experimental evidence that has contributed to those perspectives, drawing mainly on behavioural, neuroimaging and neuroanatomical studies of brain damaged adults.
Formative feedback event;
- Part of the course is run in a workshop style including group discussions, with considerable opportunities for formative feedback via peer debates, case discussions, question and answer sessions. |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2014/15, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Block 4 (Sem 2) |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
98 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
One 2000 word essay
Assignment deadline: Thursday 30th April 2015, 12 noon
Return deadline: 22nd May 2015 |
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Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this course, Master students will be able to critically evaluate:
- The link between brain structures and cognitive functions
- Traditional and contemporary theories of neuropsychological disorders
- Assessment techniques in neuropsychological research
- Differential diagnosis in neuropsychology
- Traditional and modern approach to memory disorders
- Basics neuroimaging techniques
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Keywords | cognitive and clinical neuropsychology, human cognition, brain damage |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Sergio Della Sala
Tel: (0131 6)51 3242
Email: sergio@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Toni Noble
Tel: (0131 6)51 3188
Email: Toni.noble@ed.ac.uk |
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