2nd Psychology Assistant - Bachelor - Orientation Psychopaedagogics and Psychomotility

Physiology of the nervous system and sense organs

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ECTS Credits4
Number of Hours (h/year)60
Teaching staffMOUILLET, Sylvie
Course UnitCompulsory
TermQuad. 1 and 2
CodeSOC-PSY00019/2
Prerequisite

None

Aims and Objectives

The objective of this course is to familiarize the assistants in psychology with the neurophysiology and the neuropsychology. This knowledge should make it possible to the students to interact and collaborate with doctors specialists in the central nervous system (neurologist, neuropsychiatrist, neurosurgeon, etc) and with others (for example, neuropsychologist) confronted with patients suffering from various cerebral pathologies. It will be able to thus locate its intervention compared to the suffering subject of neurological disorders by affirming the importance of the motivation, the communication, socialization and autonomy.

Description

 Neurophysiology

  • Subdivisions of the nervous system
  • Sensorial and motor systems
  • Brain and behavior

 Neuropsychology

  • Definition
  • Assumptions and methods
  • Working memory
  • Long-term memory
  • Attention
  • Agnosia
  • Hemineglect
  • Disorders associated with frontal lobe
  • Apraxia
  • Technical assessment and rehabilitation in neuropsychology
  • Dementias
Bibliography

 

Bear, M.F., Connors, B.W. & Paradiso, M.A. (2007). Neurosciences à la découverte du cerveau. Editions Pradel.

Meulemans, T., Desgranges, B., Adam, S., & Eustache, F. (2003). Evaluation et prise en charge des troubles mnésiques. Marseille : Solal.

Seron X., Neuropsychologie cognitive, éd. PUF, coll. Que sais-je ?

Seron, X. & Van der Linden, M. (2000). Traité de neuropsychologie clinique, SOLAL Editeurs.

Teaching and Learning MethodsLectures
Assessment MethodsOral examinations
NotesIn part
LanguageFrench

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