Office hours by appointment. This course will explore the major neuropsychological disorders, including those affecting emotion, language, perception, memory, attention, and conscious awareness. The focus will be on relating the pattern of impaired cognitive function in each disorder to underlying brain mechanisms and to models of normal function derived from experimental cognitive psychology.
Students are responsible for taking the exams at the scheduled times.
Make-ups for missed exams will be given only for verified medical reasons or with a letter from the dean. Otherwise, missed exams will be assigned a grade of 0. Participation in class discussions is highly encouraged. The idea is that this gives students an opportunity to give feedback about the material so that the instructor can give extra time to areas of special interest or points that were difficult for the class in the readings. These are due by 3pm of the day before the class for which the readings have been assigned.