August 31, 2025 |
PSY 448 Clinical Neuropsychology
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Day
Date
Class #
Topic
Readings & Other Assignments
Mo
Aug 25
01
General Introduction of both the class and of the class members
Discussion of Seminar Paper: Possible Topics
Syllabus
Topic Description Handout
Wondering
100 Trillion
Obiturary: Dr. Oliver Sacks 20150831 NYT
We Aug 27
02 Some Historical Principles and Notes about Neuropsychology A Brief Overview of Neuropsychology (Hevern)
Hutchins et al. (nd) Introduction to Neuroscience [UEN Digital Press with Pressbooks]
Meier (1992) Modern Clinical Neuropsychology in Historical Perspective [ LMC Only] [Google Scholar]
- Ancient Egyptians to European Renaissance
- Advances in Physiology, Histology, and Electricity Accelerate Understanding the Brain
- Localization of Function: Successes and Failures
Mo Sep 01
03 Behavioral Complexity: Aspects of Behavior
Full & Impaired Consciousness
Measuring/Predicting Survival with Brain Injury
Behaving: What Do Humans Do That Neuropsychologists Evaluate (I)
Barrett (2020) 7 1/2 Lessons • Lesson 1/2 & Lesson 1 (pp. 1-28)
Full & Impaired Consciousness
Gosseries et al. (2011) [Download link] [Google Scholar]
Look particularly at figs. 2.1 and 2.2
Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS)
Predicting death from GCS (Perei et al, 2012)
Assessing the Severity of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI):
Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS), the FOUR Score, and the CBI-M Framework
Behaving (Dimensions of Behavior, pdf)
We
Sep 03
04
Behaving: What Humans Do That Neuropsychologists Evaluate (II)
Barrett (2020) 7 1/2 Lessons • Lessons 2-3 (pp. 29-63)Latin-Greek Vocabulary for Neuropsychology
Memory & Learning (Outline/Overview)
LABlab post on Aliko et al (2023) language study
I. Foundation: Behavior and Brain in Normal Functioning
Mo Sep 08
05
The "Normal Brain": A Brief Survey of Behavioral Anatomy
• Orientation & Direction in the CNS
• Major components: Layers of the Human Scull, Spinal Cord, Brainstem, Limbic System
Localization in the Neocortex: Functions of the Lobes (1)
[Note: in Clinical Neuropsychology we don't pay much attention to the cranial or autonomic nerves per se]
Due Today: Your Choices of Possible Presentation Topics and Possible Presentation DatesWe
Sep 10
06
Localization in the Neocortex: Functions of the Lobes (2)
Mo
Sep 15
07
Modeling: What is the Human Brain for?
Overview of the Presentation & Final Paper
Notes on Modeling 2023 (pdf, 14 pp.) [Summary]
Barrett (2020) 7 1/2 Lessons • Lessons 4-5 (pp. 64-97)
Presentation & Paper Guidelines (pdf)We
Sep 17
08
Connecting and Networking
Barrett (2020) 7 1/2 Lessons • Lessons 6 & 7 (pp. 98-123)
Connecting & Networking (pdf. 15 pp.) [Summary, pdf. 9 pp.]
Cos Cob, CT (Google Map)
NYS Road Network
Mianus River Bridge
Smith et al (2015) Summary (pdf)
Mo Sep 22 09
How the Brain Gets Damaged: Basic Types of Neuropathology
(as a pdf file)
- Illness: Vascular Disorders, Tumors, Infection
- Injury: Traumatic Head Injury, Epilepsy
- Drugs-Alcohol-Chemical Toxicity
- Genetics: Inherited Degenerative Diseases
- Unknown: Alzheimer's Disease
Behavior Following Damage in/to the Brainstem, Midbrain, Cerebellum, Limbic System, Frontal & Temporal Lobes
Exam #1 (Take Home: Due: Wednesday, Oct 04)
How the Brain is Hurt (tbiguide.com)
Subcortical, Cerebellar, & Limbic System Lesions: Behavioral Deficits
• Frontal Lobe
• Temporal LobeWe
Sep 24
10
Behavioral Deficits: Parietal & Occipital Lobes; Insular Cortex
• Parietal Lobe
• Occipital Lobe
• Insula Cortex
III. Clinical Assessment: Looking at Behavior to Understand the Brain
Mo
Oct 02
11
Approaches to Neuropsychological Assessment
• Psychometric Issues: Reliability, Validity, Standard Scores
• Neuropsychological Examination: Procedures
• Quantitative ("Normative") vs. Qualitative ("Process") Approaches
Neuropsychological Assessment, pt. 1 (Hevern, 2021 pdf)
Basic Psychometric Properties
Normal Curve & Standard Scores [graphic]
Commonly Used Neuropsychological TestsWe
Oct 04
12
Wechsler Tests as a Foundation
Exam #1 Take Home due today
WAIS®-IV Wechlser Adult Intelligence Scale (4th ed., 2008)
Definitions of Intelligence (pdf)
- Overview of WAIS-IV (pdf brochure)
- Introducing the WAIS-IV (pdf presentation)
- Wikipedia overview of Wechsler tests {W}
Stratum II
Mo Oct 06 13
Wechsler Tests as a Foundation (cont'd)
We
Oct 08
14
Flexible vs. Fixed Battery Approaches
• Fixed Approaches
• Fixed Batteries: Halstead-ReitanNeuropsychological Assessment, pt. 2 (Hevern, in pdf format)
- Notes on the Halstead-Reitan NTB (HRNTB, Hevern notes)
Mo
Oct 13
Fall Break • No Class
We
Oct 15
15
Individual Tests: Memory & Learning Memory & Learning (notes)
MoCA: Montreal Cognitive Assessment
CTVNews.ca (July 23, 2020)Mo
Oct 20
16
Individual Tests: Executive Functions
Executive Function Tests (notes) We
Oct 22
17
Individual Tests: Language Language (notes) Mo
Oct 27
18
Individual Tests: Personality Neuropsychological Assessment, pt. 3 Personality
(Hevern, in pdf format)
• MMPI-3 (Pearson Assessment)
• Ben-Porarth: Developing MMPI-3
• Ben-Porath: Settings for UseWe
Oct 29
19
Brain Damage • Epidemiology and Long-term Outcome across the Life Span
Handout on epidemiology & outcomes (7 pp. pdf)
IV. Student Presentations Mo Nov 03 20
Exam #2 (Take Home: Due: Wednesday, Nov 12)We Nov 05 21
Mo
Nov 10
22
We
Nov 12
23
Exam #2 Take Home due todayMo
Nov 17
24
We
Nov 19
25
Mo Nov 24
26
We Nov 26
Thanksgiving Break • No Class Mo Dec 04 27
We
Dec 06
28
Wednesday, December 10 • Final Paper Due by 5 pm
References
Aliko, S., Wang, B., Small, S. L., & Skipper, J. I. (20230903) The entire brain, more or less is at work: ‘Language regions’ are artefacts of averaging. BioRxiv. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.09.01.555886v1
- Note: The word artefact means "“something observed in a scientific investigation or experiment that is not naturally present but occurs as a result of the preparative or investigative procedure" [Google Dictionary/Oxford Language]
Dworkin, J. D., Shinohara, R. T., & Bassett, D. S. (2018). The landscape of NeuroImage-ing research. NeuroImage. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2018.09.005
Gosseries, O., Vanhaudenhuyse, A., et al. (2011) Disorders of consciousness: Coma, vegetative and minimally conscious states. In D. Cvetkovic & I. Cosic (Eds.), States of consciousness: Experimental insights into meditation, waking, sleeping, and dreams (pp. 29-55). Berlin, Germany: Springer-Verlag. [Download link]
Hay, P. J., Denson, L. A, van Hoof, M., & Blumenfeld. (2002). The neuropsychiatry of carbon monoxide poisoning in attempted suicide: A prospective controlled study. Journal of Psychosomatic Medicine, 53(2), 699-708. [LMC]
Kaufman, A. S. (2002). Do low levels of lead produce IQ loss in children? A careful examination of the literature. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 16, 303-341. [LMC]
Meier, M. J. (1992). Modern clinical neuropsychology in historical perspective. American Psychologist, 47(4), 550-558. [LMC]
Summers, M. J. (2002). Neuropsychological consequences of right thalamic haemorrhage: Case study and review. Brain and Cognition, 50(1), 129-138. [LMC]
White, R. F., & Proctor, S. P. (1997, April 26). Solvents and neurotoxicity. The Lancet, 349, 1239-1243. [LMC]