6 ECTS credits
180 h study time

Offer 3 with catalog number 4023679ENW for working students in the 1st semester at a (E) Master - advanced level.

Semester
1st semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Enrollment Requirements
Studenten die dit opleidingsonderdeel opnemen, moeten geslaagd zijn voor 'Biologische psychologie I' en 'Biologische psychologie II'.
Taught in
Dutch
Faculty
Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences
Course Content

Historical introduction to clinical neuropsychology - imaging - overview of cognitive domains and their respective disorders and accompanying neuropsychological test material: perception, spatial cognition, attention, memory, social cognition, executive functions, language, action and motor skills - trauma - epilepsy - tumors - CVA - recovery and revalidation - neuropsychological assessment

Course material
Digital course material (Required) : Slides
Handbook (Recommended) : Klinische neuropsychologie, Kessels, Eling, Ponds, Spikman & Van Zandvoort, Uitgeverij Boom, Amsterdam, 9789024402830, 2018
Additional info

The slides that will be provided
 

Kessels, R., Eling, P., Ponds, R., Spikman, J., & van Zandvoort, M. (2018). Klinische Neuropsychologie. Amsterdam: Uitgeverij Boom.

Learning Outcomes

General competencies

The student has a basic understanding of the different behavioral consequences of brain damage.

The student understands and can explain which cognitive and emotional dysfunctions can occur after lesions in the major brain areas and how these are explored by clinicians.

The student has a basic understanding of neuropsychological and cognitive interventions in the area of rehabilitation.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Written exam with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

    Note: Multiple Choice (50%) and case study (50%)

Additional info regarding evaluation

Multiple Choice questions (50%) (closed book) and case study (50%) (open boek). Both 1st and 2nd session.

Partial grades on MP or case study cannot be transferred from 1st to 2nd session, nor to the next academic year.

Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Master of Psychology: Clinical Psychology (only offered in Dutch)