Aims

- to introduce the students to the examination of the language disorders of the aphasics
- to introduce more briefly to the pool of methods of examination in neurophysiology related to the memory, attention, praxias and gnosia disorders.

Main themes

- the clinical tools available will be presented to the students to allow the examination of the written and oral language disorders in all its dimensions : phonological/graphemic, lexical, semantic and syntactic
- the presentation of the evaluation tools will be discussed in its theoretical presuppositions and in its functional finalities
- the methods of examination of the other cognitive functions will be presented more briefly, emphasizing the interactions between the functioning of language and the other fields of the cognitive activity

Content and teaching methods

- the clinical tools available will be presented to the students to allow the examination of the written and oral language disorders in all its dimensions : phonological/graphemic, lexical, semantic and syntactic
- the presentation of the evaluation tools will be discussed in its theoretical presuppositions and in its functional finalities
- the methods of examination of the other cognitive functions will be presented more briefly, emphasizing the interactions between the functioning of language and the other fields of the cognitive activity

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

Lectures with presentation of the material and audio-visual or in situ demonstration of the instructions of use and of the processes of rating.

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