This module investigates ways in which our ability to read and spell words, and to recognize and name objects and faces, can break down as a consequence of brain injury (stroke, closed head injury, dementia, etc.). The emphasis will be on the functional nature of the cognitive impairments.
Aims
* To examine a variety of different types of impairment to the cognitive processes involved in processing words, objects and faces from a functional perspective.
* To investigate the contrasts between different types of neuropsychological disorder.
* To explain the impairments in terms of models of cognitive processing.
Learning Outcomes
Students should be able to:
1. Describe a broad range of impairments to the processes involved in reading and spelling words.
2. Describe a broad range of impairments to the processes involved in recognizing and naming objects, and identifying and naming faces.
3. Compare and contrast different forms of neuropsychological disorder.
4. Discuss interpretations of these disorders in terms of current models of cognitive processing.
Aims
* To examine a variety of different types of impairment to the cognitive processes involved in processing words, objects and faces from a functional perspective.
* To investigate the contrasts between different types of neuropsychological disorder.
* To explain the impairments in terms of models of cognitive processing.
Learning Outcomes
Students should be able to:
1. Describe a broad range of impairments to the processes involved in reading and spelling words.
2. Describe a broad range of impairments to the processes involved in recognizing and naming objects, and identifying and naming faces.
3. Compare and contrast different forms of neuropsychological disorder.
4. Discuss interpretations of these disorders in terms of current models of cognitive processing.
- Module Supervisor: John Hanley