Neuropsych and Cognitive Research II

Catalog description

The goal of this course is to introduce the student to research in cognitive aging. This course will cover theoretical and practical issues relevant to cognitive assessment and prevention in normal aging and in dementia. Moreover, a main objective is to provide the student a platform to present ideas for pre-doctoral and dissertation projects. Hence, each student is expected to, depending on the juncture of his/her graduate studies, to design a project that will satisfy the requirements for either a pre-doctoral or dissertation research. My premise is that the development of a research project is a time consuming and demanding process which requires continuous exchange of ideas among research team members. Accordingly, it is expected that students will provide rigorous and thoughtful feedback to each other during the course.