Course: Fundamentals of Neuropsychology

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Course title Fundamentals of Neuropsychology
Course code KPSY/7NRPB
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 6
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Mrhálek Tomáš, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Basic Lecture Topics: 1.Neurophysiology. 2.Brain Structure and Function. 3.Imaging Techniques. 4.Neurotransmitters. 5. Attention. 6. Consciousness. 7.memory. 8.Emotions. 9.Neuroscience: Methods, Applications, and Research. 10.Neuromodulators in psychiatry. 11.Neuropathology. 12.Neuropsychology in Diagnosis and Therapy.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Demonstration, Laboratory, Work with multi-media resources (texts, internet, IT technologies)
Learning outcomes
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Ongoing completion of seminar activities, essay + tests
Recommended literature
  • Greenfield, Susan; Kučera, Tomáš. Lidská mysl : ovládací centrum živého stroje. 1. vyd. Praha : Knižní klub : Balios, 1998. ISBN 80-7176-624-0.
  • Kolb, Bryan; Whishaw, Ian Q. Fundamentals of human neuropsychology. Seventh edition. New York : Macmillan Education, 2015. ISBN 978-1-319-15404-2.
  • Koukolík, František. Já : o mozku, vědomí a sebeuvědomování. Vydání druhé, přepracované. Praha : Univerzita Karlova, nakladatelství Karolinum, 2013. ISBN 978-80-246-2249-1.
  • Kulišťák, Petr. Neuropsychologie. Vydání první. Praha : Portál, 2003. ISBN 80-7178-554-7.
  • Sacks, Oliver. Muž, který si pletl manželku s kloboukem. Vyd. 2. Praha : Dybbuk, 2008. ISBN 978-80-86862-59-0.


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