INTRODUCTION TO NEUROPSYCHOLOGY

Undergraduate

This course explores current concepts of the function of the human forebrain as revealed through cortical damage and degenerative diseases. The course addresses basic principles of cortical organization and function and how these relate to issues of localization of function, hemispheric dominance, and sex differences in brain and behaviour. These principles are then applied to discussions of the cause and diagnosis of specific language, memory, and sensory dysfunctions resulting from developmental disorders, head trauma, and degenerative diseases. PREREQUISITES: PSY 1010, 1020, 2120; AND, for Psychology Majors, EITHER all three of PSY 2700, 2730, 2750 OR PSY 2780 and 2790; AND, for non-majors, PSY 2510 or permission of instructor. Students who do not have all three of PSY 2700, 2730, and 2750 OR 2780 and 2790 but do have equivalent statistics research methods courses may enrol with permission of the instructor Three hours a week class, two hours a week laboratory