Clinical neuropsychology: instrumental and language disorders
[PSY1335]
[30h] 4 credits
This course is taught in the 1st semester.
Teacher(s): Marie-Pierre de Partz de Courtray, Agnesa Pillon, Sylvie Willems(supplée Marie-Pierre de Partz de Courtray)
Language: French
Level: First
Aims
Familiarization with the cognitive approach to disorders
Review of the notion of cognitive architecture and clinical work on case study analysis
Main themes
Apraxias
Definition, semiology, etiopathogenesis, interpretative models
Hemisensory neglect
Definition, semiology, etiopathogenesis, interpretative models
Executive functions
Definition, semiology, etiopathogenesis, interpretative models
Calculation disorders
Definition, semiology, etiopathogenesis, interpretative models
Part 2 : language disorders
Definition, classification of aphasias, localization of lesions, semiology, etiopathogenesis, interpretative models (lexical, syntactic, semantic disorders)
Content and teaching methods
Familiarization with the cognitive approach to disorders
Review of the notion of cognitive architecture and clinical work on case study analysis
Part 1 : instrumental disorders
Apraxias
Definition, semiology, etiopathogenesis, interpretative models
Hemisensory neglect
Definition, semiology, etiopathogenesis, interpretative models
Executive functions
Definition, semiology, etiopathogenesis, interpretative models
Calculation disorders
Definition, semiology, etiopathogenesis, interpretative models
Part 2 : language disorders
Definition, classification of aphasias, localization of lesions, semiology, etiopathogenesis, interpretative models (lexical, syntactic, semantic disorders)
The course is an introduction to the major semiologies in neuropsychology and also to methods of examination and theoretical work in the interpretation of disorders. Various pathologies are illustrated with case studies and videos.