Case Studies in Neuropsychology

(2.5-3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

Case studies of patients with brain damage remain a critical part of cognitive neuropsychology's methods for understanding the organisation of cognitive systems, and devising principled approaches to rehabilitation. In this topic, there is great scope for clinicians and researchers to inform and learn from one another with respect to the manifestation of clinical disorders, their potential causes, and paths to rehabilitation. Students are aware of famous patients with brain damage (e.g. Phineas Gage and patient H.M.) but this module will address lesser-known cases, who have nevertheless provided important insights into contemporary research problems across several domains including attention, memory, dysexecutive syndrome and disorders of meta-cognition and social-cognitive processing.