Neurological Disease and Behavior

Catalog description

This course focuses on clinical and pathological aspects of neural processes associated with mental activity, cognitive function, emotional states, and social behavior. This course addresses functional behavioral neuroanatomy, administering and interpreting mental status examinations, the neurochemical bases and pharmacological management of cognitive, emotional, and behavioral disturbances detected within forensic populations. This course addresses theory and methods that allow an integration of core knowledge of cognitive psychology and key biological bases of complex behavior. This course will provide an overview of methods in clinical and cognitive neuroscience with exposure to methodology. The methodological and conceptual basis of neuroscience are considered and the course emphasizes both a functional and an anatomical approach to the study of brain-behavior relationships. Specific neurobehavioral syndromes and neuropsychiatric manifestations of neurological disorders are discussed.