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| PSYC0061-1 | Animal and comparative neuropsychology
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| Duration : | 30h Th |
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| Number of credits : |
| Master in Biology of organism and ecology, in-depth approach, 2nd year | | 3 |
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| Master in Psychological Sciences, in-depth approach, 2nd year | | 3 |
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| Master in Psychology, professional focus in social, work and organizations psychology, 2nd year | | 3 |
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| Master in Psychology, Professional Focus in Clinical Psychology : Psychotherapeutic Process and Change, 2nd year | | 3 |
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| Master in Psychology, Professional Focus in Clinical Psychology : Cognitive-Behavioural Psychotherapeutic Approach, Clin, 2nd year | | 3 |
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| Master in Psychology, Professional Focus in Cognitive and Behavioural Neurosciences, 2nd year | | 3 |
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| Master en sciences psychologiques, à finalité spécialisée en psychologie clinique, 2nd year | | 3 |
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| Lecturer : | André Ferrara |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the first semester, examination in June |
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Course contents :
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| Behavioural and cognitive assessment in a preclinical and comparative persepctive.
The notion of "animal model" of any human neuropathology integrates more than what is generally taken into account at the biological level.
Designing a valuable animal model needs to siriously consider the assessment of various behavioural and cognitive functions affected by the development of the disease.
Study of the practical aspects of a specific situation (ex. episodic memory and animal model of Alzheimer disease; motivational, affective and sensorimotor assessment and animal model of stroke; executive functions and Parkinson desease; ...). |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| As psychologist, you have to examine the development of the animal model of a neurodegenerative disease.
Through this work, the student must :
- present results from several exprimental works related to the assessment of the functional impairments in the frame of the considered animal model (precisely defining what is actually assessed);
- understand the methodological aspects related to the behavioural measures from which the cognitive functions are evaluated (advantages and drawbacks of the measures and possible behavioural biases);
- analyze the obtained results in the frame of a translational research or any comparative perspective (comparison with the human situation).
- possibly specify the underlying neuroantomical areas.
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Work sessions / Written essay. |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Determined at the begining of the course. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| In consultation with the teacher, elaboration of a written essay.
Evaluation of the quality and clarity of :
- the animal model presentation.
- the clarity of the definition of the various assessed behavioural and cognitive aspects.
- the comparative aspect (human-animal).
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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Contacts :
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| Ferrara André (04/366.22.32 - a.ferrara@ulg.ac.be ). |
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