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Dept. of Human Work Science

ARP901 Neuropsychology 7.5 ECTS credits

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LANGUAGE: Swedish

EXAMINER
Kalle W Sandberg Fo ass

PREREQUISITES
General eligibility for admission. Good knowledge of written English is necessary.

COURSE AIM
The aim of the course is to provide fundamental knowledge of theories and methods in neuropsychology, and to understand the relation between psychological abilities and structures, processes and states of the brain. The aim is also to provide knowledge of how the brain works under normal and abnormal conditions and how these conditions organise psychological abilities such as attention, perception, memory, language and problem-solving.

CONTENTS
The course deals with basic anatomy and physiology, functional systems and development of the brain as well as language and memory functions, spatial behaviour, lateralisation of functions, parietal lobes, temporal lobes, frontal lobes and neuropsychological investigations.

TEACHING
The teaching will be in the form of lectures and exercises.

EXAMINATION
Examination will be in the form of written exam.
COURSE GRADE SCALE: Fail, Pass, Pass with dis

ITEMS/CREDITS


Neurospychology A                                           	7.5ECTS

COURSE LITTERATURE
Kolb, B., & Whishaw, I. Q. (1990). Fudamentals of Human Neuropsychology (3:rd ed) N.J.: Freeman and Company, ca 900 sidor. Further literature will be presented later.

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