Neuropsychology - I

Paper Code: 
PSY 124
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

COURSE OUTCOMES

 

Course Outcomes

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

On completion of this course, the students will be able to: 

CO16: To understand the fundamental physiological processes, historical development and scientific methods underlying human behaviour.

CO17: To understand the role of the nerve cell and central nervous system in governing human behaviour.

CO18: To apply knowledge of basic physiological phenomena to daily events involving attending to stimuli, etc.

CO19: To understand the fundamental physiological processes underlying human behaviour like attention, memory and sensory-perceptual processes.

CO20: To understand the neuropsychological basis of the memory system.

Approach in teaching:

Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Tutorials, Reading assignments, Demonstration, Team teaching

Learning activities for the students:

Self-learning assignments, Effective questions, Simulation, Seminar presentation, Giving tasks, Field practical

Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects

 

12.00
Unit I: 
Introduction to Neuropsychology

Definition; History and Scope; Methods

12.00
Unit II: 
Neuroanatomy
Structure and Functions - Neurons, CNS, PNS and Neurotransmitters
12.00
Unit III: 
Neuropsychology of Attention

Subcortical Structure Influencing Attention; Cerebral Cortex and Attention; Disorders of Attention

12.00
Unit IV: 
Neuropsychology of Sensory and Perceptual Processes

Sensory and Perceptual Processes - Visual, Auditory, Chemical & Somatosensory; Neuropsychology of Motor Skills; Disorders of Sensory and Perceptual Processes

12.00
Unit V: 
Neuropsychology of Memory
Neuropsychological Basis of LTM, STM and Working Memory;  Disorders of Memory
Essential Readings: 

  • Beaumont, J.G., Kenealy, P.M., & Rogers, M.J.C. (Ed.). The Blackwell Dictionary of Neuropsychology. Oxford : Blackwell Publishers.

  • Carlson, N. (1999). Physiology of Behaviour. Boston : Allyn and Bacon.

  • Klein,S.B., & Thorne,M.B. (2006).Biological Psychology.NewYork:Worth Publishers.

  • Lezak, M.D. (1976). Neuropsychological Assessment. NY : OUP.Walsh, K. (1994). Neuropsychology : A Clinical Approach. ND : Churchill Livingston. 

  • Zilmer, E.A., & Spears, M.V. (2001). Principles of Neuropsychology. Canada : Wadsworth.

References: 

Suggested Readings

Barrett, L. (2011). Beyond the Brain: How Body and Environment Shape Animal and Human Minds. Princeton University Press. EISBN: 978-1-40083-834-9. https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt7rvqf 

 

Bogdan, R., & Taylor, S. J. (1982). Inside Out: Two First-person accounts fo what it means to be labeled "Mentally Retarded". University of Toronto Press. EISBN:978-0-81315-877-8. https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt130jbbk

 

Finger, S. (1994). Origin of Neuroscience : A History of Explorations into Brain Function. NY : OUP

 

Pinel, J.P.J. (1997).  Biopsychology. Bostan : Allyn and Bacon.

 

Purves, D., Augustine, G.J., Fitspatric, D., Katz, L.C., LaMantia, A.S., & McNamara, J.O. (1997). Neuroscience. Massachusetts : Sinauer Associates.

 

E-Resources

  • ResearchGate

  • JSTOR

  • Proquest

  • Shodhganga

  • Delnet

  • Google Scholar

  • National Digital Library (NPTEL)

  • Academia

 

Journals

  • Perspectives on Psychological Science

  • Psychological Bulletin

  • Psychological Sciences

  • Annual review of neuroscience

  • Reviews in the Neurosciences

 

Academic Year: 
2022-23
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