Cursos / 1º Ciclo / Institute of Psychology and Educational Sciences :: Psychology

NEUROPSICOLOGIA - 2023/2024

1º curricular year
Semestralidade: 2nd semester
ECTS: 6

Teachers

Leading Teacher: Prof. Doutora Sara Cruz
Assistant Professor: Prof. Doutora Sara Cruz

Class type and School hours

Prática Laboratorial : 1 Horas
Teórico-prática : 2 Horas

Teaching Language

Portuguese

Main Aims/Objectives

To understand Neuropsychology as the discipline that studies the relationship between behaviour and brain functioning, in its normal and abnormal variants.
To understand the contribution of Neuropsychology for the comprehension of human development and its role in differential diagnosis between organic semiology and psychopathology.

Specific Aims/Objectives

To learn several concepts which defines this field of Psychology.
To acknowledge the historical background of this discipline and the contribution of other areas of knowledge that are relevant for Neuropsychology.
To identify instruments for the assessment of cognitive functions and respective deficits.
To understand the diverse perspectives of human behavior through the lens of Neuropsychology (complex neuronal activity, behavior, emotions and personality) and respective functional-neuroanatomical substrates.

Skills to be acquired

Students should be able to analyze correctly (in a focused and inter-connected fashion) the neurobehavioral processes; and to know the assessment protocol of brain functioning and its relation with cognitive processes, in a normal and pathological perspective.

Teaching Procedures

Audiovisual resources to expose and discuss themes.
Share of support texts through e-learning platform.
Demonstrations of effects or phenomena mentioned in classes, using illustrative videos.

Programme

1 ? Introduction to Neuropsychology. Definition, methods and relation with other scientific areas. The historical foundations of neuropsychology.
2 ? Hemispheric specialization. Principles of brain asymmetry. Variations in brain asymmetry. Disconnection syndromes.
3 ? Neuropsychology of motor functions and associated disorders: Apraxias.
4 ? Neuropsychology of perceptive functions and associated disorders: Agnosias.
5 ? Neuropsychology of memory and associated disorders.
6 ? Neuropsychology of language and associated disorders: Aphasia, Alexia, and Agraphia.
7 ? Neuropsychology of executive functioning and associated disorders.

Evaluation Type

Two written tests;
Final exam.

Teaching Resources

Datashow
Neuropsychological assessment tests
Brain anatomical models

Sustainability Objectives

Keywords

Neuropsychology
Cognition
Behavior
Brain
Cognitive functions

Main Bibliography

Complementary Bibliography