Study level: Graduate study programme in psychology
Lecturers: Meri Tadinac, Ph.D., Svjetlana Salkičević, Ph.D.
ECTS: 5
Language: Croatian
Semester: 2nd or 4th (summer)
Status: elective
Form of instruction with class hours: 30 hours of lectures and 30 hours of clinical exercises
Prerequisites: Clinical assessment of psychological disorders
Student evaluation: written exam
Course Description
Theoretical bases of clinical neuropsychology: definition, history, related disciplines, basic concepts. The concept of organicity. Cortical organization (lateral and longitudinal). Brain pathology and psychological functions. Major classes of brain disorders: head trauma, vascular disorders, neoplasms, degenerative disorders, toxic conditions, infectious processes. Neuropsychological examination: the rationale of deficit measurement, procedures, interpretation. Tests and techniques for assessment of functional disorders: intellectual ability tests, tests of perceptual functions, constructional functions, verbal functions, orientation and attention, memory functions and conceptual functions.
Course objectives
Familiarizing with the theoretical bases of clinical neuropsychology. Understanding the cortical organization in normal brain and the effects of brain damage. Familiarizing with the bases of neuropathology and major classes of brain disorders. Familiarizing with the procedures of neuropsychological examination, tests and techniques for neuropsychological assessment and interpretation of the examination.
Required readings
Galić, S. (2002). Neuropsihologijska procjena. Naklada Slap, Jastrebarsko i Opća Županijska bolnica, Požega.
Lezak, M.D. (1995) Neuropsychological Assessment. Oxford Univ. Press, New York. – pojedina poglavlja kao nadopuna osnovnom udžbeniku
Pinel, J.P. (2001). Biološka psihologija. Jastrebarsko: Naklada Slap. Poglavlja 6, 15.
Recommended readings
Turdiu, J. (1990). Klinička neuropsihologija. Zagreb: Školska knjiga.
Springer, S.P., Deutsch, G. (2001). Left Brain, Right brain: Perspectives from Cognitive Neuroscience. Freeman & Co., New York.
Kolb, B., Whishaw, I. Q. (2003.). Fundamentals of Human Neuropsychology, W. H. Freeman and Company, New York.
Luria, A. R. (1983). Osnovi neuropsihologije. Beograd: Nolit.
http://www.neuropsychologycentral.com/
http://www.neuropsychologyarena.com/resources/links/
A selection of journal papers