Lab in Clinical Neuropsychology

Catalog description

Neuropsychology is a subfield of Psychology that utilizes key discoveries in neuroscience to assess and interpret brain-behavior relationships and apply this to neuropsychological syndromes and individual patients. This course takes an interdisciplinary approach that integrates key ideas and methods from medicine (neurology, radiology, psychiatry) and psychology (abnormal, biological, cognitive and developmental), with a focus on the basic science underlying brain-behavior correspondences that guide evidence-based, individualized patient interventions. This advanced elective course combines lectures, discussions, student presentations and exercises to introduce students to the theory and practice of Neuropsychology. Previous background in neuroscience (Biopsychology and/or Cognitive Neuroscience) is required and knowledge of the fundamental knowledge will be tested early in the course in order to create the framework to dive into specific disorders/diseases. By the end of this course, you will be able to link behavioral symptoms to potential neural mechanisms and understand the main assessment and diagnostic tools in Clinical Neuropsychology. This is a Lab course with a research report as a significant component of the grade.