PSY 361 Neuropsychology

The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the field of neuropsychology\ud and explore how brain damage can affect various cognitive, behavioral, and affective processes. We will spend\ud a majority of the course discussing a variety of diseases studied by neuropsychologists. However, before we\ud can discuss diseases and brain-behavior relationships, we must first review the basic elements of neuroanatomy\ud and brain function. We then will begin to examine the effects of brain damage in humans on specific cognitive,\ud perceptual, affective, and motor functions. We will cover in depth a number of different clinical conditions\ud such as Alzheimer???s disease, amnesia, Parkinson???s disease, stroke, schizophrenia, agnosia, aphasia, and\ud Huntington???s disease just to name a few. This course will give students a strong foundation in neuropsychology\ud to prepare them for professional or graduate work in the field of psycholog