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| PSYC0061-1 | Animal and comparative neuropsychology
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| Duration : | 30h Th |
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| Credits/ECTS : |
| Master in Biology of organism and ecology, in-depth approach, 2nd year | | First semester | | 3 |
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| Master in Psychological Sciences, in-depth approach, 2nd year | | First semester | | 3 |
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| Master in Psychology, professional focus in social, work and organizations psychology, 2nd year | | First semester | | 3 |
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| Master in Psychology, Professional Focus in Clinical Psychology : Psychotherapeutic Process and Change, 2nd year | | First semester | | 3 |
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| Master in Psychology, Professional Focus in Clinical Psychology : Cognitive-Behavioural Psychotherapeutic Approach, Clin, 2nd year | | First semester | | 3 |
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| Master in Psychology, Professional Focus in Cognitive and Behavioural Neurosciences, 2nd year | | First semester | | 3 |
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| Holder(s) : | André Ferrara |
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| Language : | French language |
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| Course contents : | Topic of this 2010-11 academic year: study of animal memory in a human-animal comparative persepctive or in a preclinical research perspective. |
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| Course objective : | Personnal essay focalized on the study of a specific aspect of animal memory (for example: spatial working memory, working memory of visual patterns, olfactory working memory / procedural memory / episodic-like memory / ...).
Through this work, the student must :
- present results from several exprimental works related to the assessment of the mnemonic function (precisely defining what is actually assessed);
- understand the methodological aspects related to the behavioural measures from which the cognitive function is evaluated (advantages and drawbacks of the measure and possible behavioural biases);
- analyze the obtained results in the frame of a translational research or any comparative perspective.
- possibly specify the underlying neuroantomical areas.
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- Establish a set of bibliographical references
- Specify the objective of the essay
- Specify the table of contents
- Writing
- Oral presentation
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| Assessment : | Assessment from the written work and its oral presentation. |
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| Contacts : | Ferrara André (04/366.22.32 - a.ferrara@ulg.ac.be ) |
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