Study Programmes 2015-2016
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| Neuropsychology | ||
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Duration :
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| 45h Th | ||
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Number of credits :
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Lecturer :
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| Thierry Meulemans | ||
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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, review in January | ||
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Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
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| Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program | ||
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Course contents :
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| What is neuropsychology? - Cognitive and clinical neuropsychology - Principles and methods for research in neuropsychology - Elements of neuropathology - The neuropsychological assessment (basics; clinical interview; medico-legal setting) - Neuropsychological rehabilitation (basics; assessment of the effects of the rehabilitation) - Semiology of memory disorders - Semiology of agnosia - Semiology of attentional disorders - Semiology of executive disorders | ||
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| Introduction to neuropsychology (in both its research and clinical dimensions) and to the general principles of the assessment and rehabilitation of brain-damaged patients. Teaching of the semiologies of the main neuropsychological conditions. | ||
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Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
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| Having passed the courses PSYC5870, PHYL0646, and PSYC0029. | ||
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| Lecturing. | ||
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Face-to-face. | ||
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Syllabus (+ other lecture notes) | ||
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Written examination with both multiple-choice (and TRUE-FALSE) and open-ended questions. | ||
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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| First semester of the third year of the bachelor's degree in Psychology and Education. For more information, see the web site of the neuropsychology unit: http://www.neuropsycho.ulg.ac.be/ | ||
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Contacts :
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| Prof. Thierry Meulemans - 04/366.23.74 - thierry.meulemans@ulg.ac.be
Murielle Wansard (assistant) : 04/366.47.19 - mwansard@ulg.ac.be |
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