SHATTERED BRAINS, FRACTURED MINDS (PY2009)

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This course provides knowledge - but also provokes the student's knowledge on the mind-brain relationship. Phenomena in brain-damaged patients teach us how the brain creates our mind. We will talk about how memory, language, visual perception, but also social processes or the body image are represented in the brain. This course is not a standard neuropsychology course and is accessible for non-psychology students.

Code: 
PY2009
Name: 
SHATTERED BRAINS, FRACTURED MINDS
Discipline: 
PY (Psychology)
Type: 
Regular
Level: 
Undergraduate
Credits: 
4
Can be taken twice for credit?: 
No
Pre-requisites: 
PY1000CCI
Co-requisites: 
None

Learning Outcomes

  1. Describe how brain damage in different parts of the brains leads to abnormalities in behavior.
  2. Describe the main ideas about mind-brain relationship and give critiques to these ideas
  3. Describe what brain plasticity is and how the field has evolved to accept that rehabilitation is possible
  4. Develop critical thinking skills, discussion and self-expression skills, presentation skills, and writing skills.
  5. Discuss the progression and evolution of the understanding of neurological disorders – from the first case to current cases and how they are treated
  6. Understand neurological disorders, such as Alzheimer’s Dementia, Epilepsy, and Autism
  7. Understand the effects of the environment, stress and drugs on the brain-mind relationship.

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