Schedule

BCSC 242: Lecture Schedule

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Date
Topic
Reading
08/26
Syllabus Review and Course Introduction
History of Clinical Neuropsychology to Current Trends
Kolb & Whishaw, Chapter 1, Sections 1.1 and 1.2
Understanding Bio Bases of Behavior, Pages 1-12
08/28
Functional Neuroanatomy and Behavior
Understanding Bio Bases of Behavior, Chapter 3
09/02
Labor Day—NO CLASS
None
09/04
Functional Neuroanatomy and Behavior
Understanding Bio Bases of Behavior, Chapter 3
09/09
Purposes and Practices of Neuropsychological Assessment: The Neuropsychological Examination
Kolb & Whishaw, Chapter 1, Sections 28.1 through 28.3
Little Black Book of NP, Pages 1-8
09/11
Neuropsychological Interpretation: Understanding a Neuropsychological Report
Exam 1 Review
Lezak, M., Howieson, D., & Loring, D. (2004). The neuropsychological examination: interpretation. Neuropsychological Assessment, 4th ed. Oxford University Press. Ch. 6
09/16
Exam 1
Exam 1 will cover content through 9/11
09/18
Visual-Spatial Function
Ebonee Cole
Kolb & Whishaw Chapter 13
Little Black Book of NP, Pages 201-218
09/23
Sensory-Motor Function
Kolb & Wishaw Chapter 8 &9
09/25
Arousal, Attention, and Awareness
Little Black Book of NP, Chapter 5
09/30
Speech and Language
Guest Lecturer: Heather Coles
Kolb & Whishaw Chapter 19, Pages 515-519, 526-545
10/02
Learning and Memory
Kolb & Whishaw Chapter 18
Little Black Book of NP, Chapter 8
10/07
Emotions
Kolb & Whishaw, Pages 548-566
10/09
Executive Functions
Exam 2 Review
Kolb & Whishaw, Chapter 16
10/14
Indigenous People’s Day—NO CLASS
 
10/16
Traumatic Brain Injury
Guest Lecturer: Marc Gaudette, PhD, ABN
RRH Rehabilitation & Neurology
Roebuck-Spencer, T., & Sherer, M. (2016). Moderate and severe traumatic brain injury. (Grant & Adams). Textbook of clinical neuropsychology, 411. Ch. 21
Ogden, J (2005). Severe TBI and the importance of ongoing rehabilitation. Fractured Minds: A Case-Study Approach to Clinical Neuropsychology. University Press. Ch. 10
10/21
Exam 2
Exam 2 will cover content from all of the reviewed cognitive domains 9/18 through 10/9
10/23
HIV
Guest Lecturer: Leah Adams, PhD
George Mason University
ZOOM
TBD
10/28
Pediatrics
Guest Lecturer: Heather Adams, PhD
URMC Neurology
T Yeates, K. O., & Taylor, H. G. (2001). Neuropsychological assessment of children. Handbook of psychoeducational assessment: Ability, achievement, and behavior in children, 415-450.
10/30
TBD
 
11/04
Normal Aging, MCI, and Dementia
Guest Lecturer: Miriam Weber, PhD
URMC Neurology
Zillmer, E., Spiers, M., & Culbertson, W. (2007). Normal Aging and Dementia: Alzheimer’s Disease, Principles of neuropsychology, Nelson Education. Ch. 14
11/06
TBD
 
11/11
Heart Failure and Transplant
Guest Lecturer: Joy Choi, MD
URMC Psychiatry
TBD
11/13
TBD
 
11/18
Music and Neurologic Recovery
Guest Lecturer: Molly Pow, LCAT
TBD
11/20
Exam 3
Exam 3 will cover syndromes and special populations, 10/16 through 11/18
11/25
TBD
 
11/27
No class – Thanksgiving recess
None
12/02
TBD
 
12/04
TBD
 
12/09
Course Wrap Up and Exam Review
 
12/11
Exam 4
Exam 4—CUMULATIVE