UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO AT MISSISSAUGA
DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY
SPRING 2007
PSY393H5 – Cognitive Neurology
TUE 9am-12pm RM NE 172
Course Details
Instructor
Gary Turner
Office Hours
After class or by appointment
Teaching Assistant
Vedran Lovic
Reading Materials
Course Description:
Evaluation:
gary@psych.utoronto.ca
vedran@psych.utoronto.ca
Banich, M.T. (2004). Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuropsychology, 2nd edition. New York:
Houghton Mifflin Company.
This course will review major topics in cognitive neuroscience and neuropsychology with an
emphasis on human cognitive function and dysfunction. Initial lectures will consist of a general
introduction to neuroanatomy, cortical organization and methods used by cognitive
neuroscientists. These will be followed by lectures focusing on specific areas of cognitive
functioning and related disorders (e.g., attention and neglect; memory and amnesia; language
and aphasia etc). Case reports will be used to illustrate key points and students will be required
to examine the relationships between brain, behaviour and cognitive function using a case-based
approach.
Term Test
40% (February 13, 2007)
Term Paper
20% (Due: March 20, 2007)
Final Exam
40% (To be scheduled)
Departmental Policies
Missed Tests /
Extensions
Academic
Guidelines
Plagiarism
Make-up tests will not be given in this course under any circumstance.
All requests for adjusting the grading scheme for missed tests and for extended time to submit
term work beyond the last day of classes must be completed on a special form obtained from the
Psychology Office and submitted to the Undergraduate Assistant (RM2037B) within one week.
If you submit medical documentation make sure it contains the statement "This student was
unable to write the test (or submit term work by the last day of classes, if applicable) on (date)
for medical reasons". You MUST see your physician on the day of the missed test or the
day after the test or your request will be denied. For further information on this process visit
http://www.utm.utoronto.ca/3104.0.html
It is your responsibility to ensure that you have met all prerequisites listed in the UTM College
Calendar for this course. If you lack any prerequisites for this course, the Department many
cancel your registration at anytime. Further information about academic regulations, course
withdrawal dates and credits can be found in the University of Toronto at Mississauga Calendar
http://www.erin.utoronto.ca/regcal/ . You are encouraged to read this material. If you run into
trouble and need information about studying, preparing for exams, note taking or time
management, free workshops and advice are available from the Academic Skills Centre, which
can be reached at 905-828-5406.
Plagiarism is a serious offense. Students are expected to use the APA style for referencing,
5th edition. While you are encouraged to study with other students for exams that will be taken
independently in class, the written work that you hand in for this class is expected to be your
own. From the Code of Behaviour on Academic Matters: “It shall be an offence for a student to
knowingly: represent as one's own any idea or expression of an idea or work of another in any
academic examination or term test or in connection with any other form of academic work, i.e.
to commit plagiarism.
Wherever in the Code an offence is described as depending on "knowing," the offence shall
likewise be deemed to have been committed if the person ought reasonably to have known”
(http://www.utoronto.ca/writing/plagsep.html#100). All students must refer to this website
to obtain information on what constitutes plagiarism. If questions arise after reading the
material on the website, consult your instructor. Plagiarism will not be tolerated.
Course Outline
DATE
January 09
January 16
TOPIC
NOTES
Introduction toCognitive Neuroscience
& Neuropsychology
(Approaches & Methods)
Reading:
- Chapter 3 pp.61-111
Brain Structure & Function – Cortical
Specialization & Behavioural
Neuroanatomy
Term-Paper Tutorial
January 23
January 30
The Agnosias
(Disorders of Sensory Functioning)
The Apraxias
(Disorders of Motor Control)
Readings:
- Chapter 1: 3-39; Chapter 4: 112-123
- Mesulam, M.M. (1997). Anatomic
Principles in Behavioral Neurology and
Neuropsychology. In: M.J. Farah &
Feinberg T.E. (Eds.) Behavioral
Neurology and Neuropsychology. NY:
McGraw-Hill pp. 55-68
Readings:
- Chapter 6 pp. 184-220
- Ungerleider, L. G., & Haxby, J. V.
(1994). ‘What and where’ in the human
brain. Current Opinion in Neurobiology,
4(2), 157-165.
Readings:
- Chapter 5 pp. 145-183
- Heilman, K.M.; Watson, R.T.;
Gonzalez-Rothi, L.J. (2006). Disorders of
Skilled Movements: Limb Apraxia. In
Farah, M.J. (Ed); Feinberg, T.E. (Ed).
Patient-based approaches to cognitive
neuroscience (2nd ed.). (pp. 341-348).
Readings:
- Chapter 10 pp. 322-364
- Rosenbaum, R.S., Kohler, S., Schacter,
D.L., Moscovitch, M., Westmacott, R.,
Black, S.E., Cao, F., Tulving, E. (2005).
The case of K.C.: contributions of a
memory-impaired person to memory
theory. Neuropsychologia, 43(7): 9891021.
February 06
Amnesic Syndromes
(Memory Disorders)
February 13
(MID-TERM EXAM)
Mid-Term Exam
(2 hours)
No readings
February 20
(NO LECTURE)
Reading Week
No readings
February 27
Aphasic Syndromes
(Language Disorders)
Readings:
- Chapter 9 pp. 285-321
- Saygin AP, Dick F, W Wilson S, F
Dronkers N, Bates E. (2003). Neural
resources for processing language and
environmental sounds: Evidence from
aphasia. Brain 126 (4), pp. 928-45.
March 06
March 13
March 20
(TERM PAPER DUE)
March 27
Neglect Syndromes
(Attention-based Disorders)
Frontal Lobe Syndromes I
(Goal Direction & Self Regulation)
Frontal Lobe Syndromes II
(Executive Cognition & Awareness)
Affective Disorders
(Depression & Neuropsychiatric
Syndromes)
April 02
Neuropathology and Neuroplasticity
April 09
The Syndrome “Quiz”
(Uncommon neurological syndromes)
(PRE-EXAM REVIEW)
Course Wrap-up & Pre-exam Review
Readings:
- Chapters 8 pp. 252-284.
- Posner, M., & Petersen, S. (1990). The
attention system of the human brain.
Annual Review of Neuroscience, 13, 2542.
Readings:
- Chapter 11 pp. 365-392.
- Mesulam, M. (2002). Human Frontal
Lobes: Transcending the Default Mode
Through Contingent Encoding. In: D.T.
Stuss & R.T. Knight (Eds), Principles of
Frontal Lobe Function. pp. 8-30.
Readings:
- Stuss, D. T., & Alexander, M. P. (2000).
Executive functions and the frontal lobes:
a conceptual view. Psychological
Research, 63(3-4), 289-298.
- D'Esposito, M., Cooney, J. W.,
Gazzaley, A., Gibbs, S. E., & Postle, B.
R. (2006). Is the prefrontal cortex
necessary for delay task performance?
Evidence from lesion and FMRI data.
Journal of the International
Neuropsychological Society, 12(2), 248260.
Readings:
- Chapter 12 pp. 393-428.
- Mayberg, H., Keightley, M., Mahurin,
R. K., & Brannon, S.K. (2004).
Neuropsychiatric Aspects of Mood and
Affective Disorders. In Yudofsky, S.C.;
Hales, R.E. (2004). Essentials of
neuropsychiatry and clinical
neurosciences. pp. 489-517.
Readings:
- Chapter 14 pp. 477-517.
- Kolb, B. & Whishaw, I. Q. (2003).
Fundamentals of Human
Neuropsychology. 5th Edition. New York:
Worth Publishers. Chapter 25, pp. 670696.
Course Review. No readings assigned