Postgraduate Course: Human Cognitive Ageing (GMED11032)
Course Outline
| School | Deanery of Clinical Sciences |
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | 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. |
| Course description |
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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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2015/16, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Please contact the School directly for a breakdown of Learning and Teaching Activities |
| Assessment (Further Info) |
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Weekly online assessments based on 2 journal articles (100%) |
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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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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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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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