Upon completion of the course students will be able to:

• Understand the organisation and function of the human brain
• Understand the nature of the neuropsychological disorders taught
• Understand their effects on pathological behavior and cognition
• Acquire the main neuropsychological methods assessment of neuropsychological disorders
• Assess comparatively the effectiveness of different methods of neuropsychological rehabilitation,
  given that the aim of the course is the presentation of the physiological organisation of the brain and the relationship to normal cognitive function and behavior, and also the presentation of the relationship between abnormal brain function and deviant behavior and cognition, the review of the major neurological disorders that present neuropsychological disorders, the reference to methods of assessment of neuropsychological disorders, the presentation, analysis and demonstration of neuropsychological measures, the reference to basic principles of neuropsychological rehabilitation and the presentation of relevant  approaches/methods of neuropsychological rehabilitation.

• Decision making
• Demonstration of social, professional and ethical responsibility
• Efficient search, analysis, and synthesis of data and information using the essential technologies
• Promotion of free, creative and inductive thinking
• Respect for diversity and multiculturalism

Lectures

• Human brain organisation, behavior and cognitive functions
• Methods of assessment of brain functions with emphasis on cognitive functions
• Basic Principles in Clinical Neuropsychological Assessment
• Clinical Neuropsychological Assessment: Issues in differential diagnosis
• Basic methods and tests to assess attention, information processing speed and memory
• Basic methods and tests for assessing executive functions
• Neuropsychological functions and assessment in Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer's Disease
• The contribution of neuropsychological assessment in the differential diagnosis of dementia - presentation of specific clinical cases
• Neuropsychological functions and assessment in Multiple Sclerosis
• Why a Neuropsychological Assessment is necessary in patients with aphasia
• Basic principles of neuropsychological rehabilitation
• Basic principles for the neuropsychological rehabilitation of attention and memory
• Basic principles for the neuropsychological rehabilitation of executive functions

The evaluation is in Greek. 

Written final examination includes:

Short answer and development questions 

Problem solving

Multiple choice questions

Books

• Kolb, B., & Whishaw, I. Q. (2018).  Fundamentals of human neuropsychology (S. Giakoumaki & A. Kastellakis, Eds.), Athens: Gutenberg. Code in Eudoxus [77111679]
• Lezak, M. D., Howieson D. B., & Loring D. W. (2012). Neuropsychological Assessment (L.  Messinis, A. C. Malegiannaki, & P. Papathanasopoulos, Eds.). Patras: Gotsis. Code in Eudoxus [22714869]
• Walsh, K. & Darby, D. (2008). Neuropsychology (N. Kalfakis & K. Potagas, Eds.). Athens: Parisianou.  Code in Eudoxus [41552]
• Potagas, K. (2014). Clinical neuropsychology.  Athens: Nisos.  Code in Eudoxus [41959401]
• Kosmidou, M. (2008). Clinical neuropsychological assessment. Athens: Parisianou. Code in Eudoxus [41427] 

Related scientific journals

• Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology
• Neuropsychology (APA)
• Neuropsychologia
• Behavioral Neurology

Electronic books and articles

• Nasios, G., Dardiotis, E., & Messinis, L. (2019). From Broca and Wernicke to the neuromodulation era: insights of brain language networks for neurorehabilitation. Behavioural neurology, 2019(1), 9894571. https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/9894571
• Potagas, C., Kasselimis, D., & Evdokimidis, I. (2011). Short-term and working memory impairments in aphasia. Neuropsychologia, 49(10), 2874-2878. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2011.06.013
• Messinis, L., Kosmidis, M. H., Nasios, G., Dardiotis, E., & Tsaousides, T. (2019). Cognitive neurorehabilitation in acquired neurological brain injury. Behavioural Neurology, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/8241951

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