VLNEU091 Topics in Cognitive Neurology

Faculty of Medicine
Autumn 2016
Extent and Intensity
4/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. MUDr. Irena Rektorová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. MUDr. Irena Rektorová, Ph.D.
First Department of Neurology – Institutions shared with St. Anne's Faculty Hospital – Faculty of Medicine
Contact Person: Mgr. Bc. Tomáš Navrátil, DiS.
Supplier department: Central European Institute of Technology
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 100 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 2/100, only registered: 0/100, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/100
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
This lecture series will discuss how neuropsychological investigations in patients with brain disorders contributed to our understanding of the neural networks involved in higher cognitive functions. The power of combining lesion-deficit correlation studies in neurological patients with functional imaging studies of cognition in normal subjects will be illustrated. Specific topics covered will include Alzheimer’s disease, the neurobiology of spoken and written language, and the neural systems implicated in recognizing facial identity and emotion.
Syllabus
  • Lecture 1 Alzheimer’s Disease (October 31, 2016) Lecture 2 The Language Network: Evidence from Primary Progressive Aphasia (November 7, 2016) Lecture 3 The Literate Brain: Neural Correlates of Reading and Writing (November 21, 2016) Lecture 4 Neural Systems for Face Recognition (November 28, 2016)
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught only once.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 4 přednášky po 2 vyučovacích hodinách.
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