PSY 715 Neuropsychological Assessment
This course will review specialized neuropsychological tests and procedures that are commonly used to assess cognition and emotional behavior in individuals with brain disorders. The three most common approaches to neuropsychological evaluation [Halstead-Reitan-Russell, Luria-Nebraska, and Boston Process approach] will be reviewed with an emphasis on the latter. The neuropsychological tests will focus on speech and language functions, memory and learning processes, attention, executive abilities, concept formation, perception and visuomotor skills; issues related to malingering will be discussed. The course will also address interviewing techniques, how to read and extract information from medical charts, understand basic neurological procedures, including neuroimaging [PET, MRI, fMRI], EEG and brain stimulation.