UCL - Neuropsychologie de l'enfant

[PSY1323]

[30h] 4 credits

This course is taught in the 2d semester.

Teacher(s): Marie-Pascale Noël

Language: French

Level: First

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Content and teaching methods
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Aims

- to introduce students to the issues of child cognitive disorders from a neuropsychology perspective

Main themes

- to describe brain development processes and current conceptions of plasticity in brain maturation processes
- to identify where child neuropsychology and adult neuropsychology differ
- to introduce developmental pathologies in relation to specific rather than global cognitive disorders

Content and teaching methods

This course deals with cognitive disorders observed in children. First, the characteristic features of developmental neuropsychology are examined through questions of brain plasticity and the modularity of systems in young children. The cognitive deficiencies encountered in various different contexts are then analysed:
1) genetic syndromes (e.g. Williams' syndrome)
2) development disorders (e.g. problems of attention with hyperactivity or dysphasia)
3) learning disorders (dyslexia and acalculia)
4) psychiatric disorders (autism)
5) lesions or clearly identifiable brain pathologies (e.g. cerebral palsy or epileptic children)

Lectures, reading assignments, audio-visual material.

Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)

For the BAC curriculum
This course should follow PSP1410 (BAC 2: Elements of neuropsychology) and PSY2072 (BAC 3: Psychology of the disabled and psycho-education).