- Docente: Elisabetta Ladavas
- Credits: 8
- SSD: M-PSI/02
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Cesena
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Sciences of Behaviour and Social Relations (cod. 0083)
Learning outcomes
Neuropsychology is a unique psychological science in which clinical and research aspects integrate with each other to allow a deeper understanding of cognitive processes and their neural substrates. Thus, students will have to acquire knoweldge on mental functions and their neurobiological underpinning, as well as knowledge concerning different neuroscientific methods.
Course contents
The course will involve the following topics:
Methods in neuropsychology
Functional specializations of the two hemispheres in humans and animals
Neuropsychology of perception
Neuropsychology of attention
Neuropsychology of movement
Neuropsychology of memory
Neuropsychology of language
Neuropsychology of intelligence
Neuropsychology of emotions
Frontal syndrome
Split brain
The dementias
Readings/Bibliography
Làdavas E, Berti A. Neuropsicologia. Il Mulino. 2002
Teaching methods
Frontal lectures with Power Point slides.
Assessment methods
Written examination
Teaching tools
Different media will be used, including videos of neuropsychological patients. Moreover, cases will be discussed from published articles in English, that will be an integral part of the course.
Office hours
See the website of Elisabetta Ladavas