COURSE UNIT TITLE

: DISORDERS OF COGNITION, COMMUNICATION AND AFFECT

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SBI 5012 DISORDERS OF COGNITION, COMMUNICATION AND AFFECT ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Basic Neuroscience

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR TUNÇ ALKIN

Offered to

Clinical Neuroscience
Basic Neuroscience
Psychiatric Nursing

Course Objective

Investigate the genetical and neurochemical components of etiopathogenesis of cognition and communication disorders, particularly emotion, in this context, reviewing neurochemical basis of behaviour and thought and related subjects especially thought and behaviour disorders.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To learn the neural basis of conscious, perception and decision processes
2   To learn memory and its disorders
3   To learn the neural basis of emotion, anxiety and motivation
4   To have knowledge about speech, language and neurological speech disorders
5   To learn neural basis and neurocognitive dysfunction of mood disorders and schizophrenia

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Behavioural and neuroscience methods
2 Conscious, orientation and their disorders
3 Neural basis of attention and its disorders
4 Neural basis of perception and its neurological/psychiatric origin disorders
5 Speech, language and neurological speech disorders (hemispherical lateralization, aphasia )
6 Relation between memory and language
7 Memory and its disorders, dementia
8 Midterm
9 Intelligence(development of intelligence, mental retardation, specific learning and communication disorders)
10 The neural basis of thought, decision and thought disorders and thought based speech disorders
11 Emotions; neural basis of emotion and motivation
12 Anxiety, fear and cognitive processes
13 Drug and other behavioural addictions and neurobiology of impulsivity and its cognitive characteristics
14 Neurocognitive dysfunction in mood disorders and its neural basis, Neurocognitive dysfunction in schizophrenia and its neural basis

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Nöropsikiyatri ve Davranış Nörolojisi. JL Cummings, M. Trimble. Çizgi Tıp yaynevi, Ankara 2003.

Supplementary Book(s):
Davranışsal ve Kognitif Nörolojinin Ilkeleri. M-Marsel Mesulam. Yelkovan yayıncılık 2004.
Biological Psychiatry, Bipolar Disorders, Journal Affective Disorders, American Journal of Psychiatry, Archives of General Psychiatry, Brain, Neurology, Archives of Neurology, Brain Research and contemporary journals etc.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture and presentation

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FIN* 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + RST* 0.60

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Knowledge about the course will be evaluated via midterm and final exam

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

412 4154

Office Hours

Friday 16-17

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 1 13 13
Preparation for final exam 1 13 13
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.155
LO.25
LO.35
LO.45
LO.55

CONTACT INFORMATION
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Phone: +90(232) 412 12 12 - Fax: +90 (232) 464 81 35

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