PSYCH 345 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Oliver Sacks, Motor Skill, Spatial Navigation
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Graduate student instructors: (cid:128) justin sarkis (cid:128) tiffany jantz (cid:128) brian greeley (cid:128) jessica nicosia. * see syllabus page for contact info, office hours etc. Explain how studying patients with brain damage and brain disorders advances knowledge of the neural bases for mental (cognitive) processes. We experience life in a seamlessly from a cognitive point of view. By the end of the course you will . Understand how the field of neuropsychology has 2 main trajectories that are relevant for careers in medicine and psychology : clinical/applied, basic science/research part of cognitive neuroscience. Related to neurology (a medical specialty: clinical neuropsychology (cid:128) (cid:128) dates back to mid 1800"s (cid:128) Aims: diagnose, rehabilitate, and manage deficits due to brain trauma, stroke, disease, etc. Research, basic science: experimental neuropsychology (cid:128) (cid:128) dates back to 1960"s (cid:128) 4 (cid:128) lecture readings: chapters on canvas from major texts in the field. (cid:128) section readings: fractured minds by.
