2009 Course Handbook
PSY966: Neuropsychological Disorders
The focus of this unit is impairments of cognitive and behavioural functioning following brain damage, with an emphasis on their clinical presentation and assessment, as well as what these disorders reveal about the functional organisation of the brain. Topics include disorders of memory; language and aphasias; perception and gnosis; apraxias; attention/neglect; and the frontal lobes - impairments of executive functioning and adaptive behaviour.
| Credit Points: | 2 |
| Contact Hours: | -- |
| When Offered: | D1 - Day; Offered in the first half-year |
| Staff Contact: | Dr Jenny Batchelor |
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| Unit Designations: | -- |
| Assessed As: | Graded |
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Faculty of Human Sciences |
Timetable Information
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