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Dec 21, 2024
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2022-2023 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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PSYC 570 - Clinical Neuropsychology
Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
This course will introduce students to the relationship between brain malfunction and behavior. The emphasis of the course will be the assessment and early diagnosis of lesions that disrupt brain functioning. Topics to be examined will include neuropsychological assessment of language disorders such as asphasia and anomia, disorders of visio-spatial perception, brain injury, memory disorders, and dementia (e.g. Alzheimer’s disease). Other topics to be discussed include the teaching of intervention strategies for neurological disorders.
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