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Chapter 4 - Specialization Neuropsychology
Description of the Course
The goal of this training is to acquire basic skills in major peripheral
psychophysiological measures. The relation between cognitive and psychophysiological
variables, such as memory load, mental effort, and attention, will be made clear. In
addition, general methodological concepts and issues, such as tonic (baseline) activity,
phasic activity, and the so-called ‘law of initial value’, will be discussed.
The training consists of four meetings. In the first meeting, an overview will be
presented of the psychophysiological methods that are relevant to neuropsychology.
The second meeting is devoted to major domains in psychophysiology, such as heart
rate (variability), blood pressure, galvanic skin responses, and pupillometry (i.e., pupil
dilation). In this meeting, students acquire basic hands-on experience in the laboratory.
The third and fourth meetings are practical sessions, in which an existing dataset will
be provided to analyze and report on.
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Instructional Approach
Lecture, demonstrations and practical sessions.
Form of Assessment
Short written research report.
| 458NP Neuropsychology in Practice: From Test Results to Report and Advice
– 2 credits
Coordinators: Bart Scholtissen, Psychiatry & Neuropsychology (FHML), Phone 38 84100,
12 Dr. Tanslaan, Room 4.E3.007, E-mail: b.scholtissen@np.unimaas.nl;
Renate de Groot, Psychiatry & Neuropsychology (FHML), Phone 38 81038,
12 Dr. Tanslaan, Room 4.E3.007, E-mail: rhm.degroot@np.unimaas.nl;
Rudolf Ponds, Psychiatry & Neuropsychology (FHML, University Hospital Maastricht,
Maastro Clinic), 12 Dr. Tanslaan, Room 4.G3.061, Phone 38 76044 ,
E-mail: r.ponds@np.unimaas.nl
Description of the Course
The aim of this skills training is to learn to integrate several aspects of a neuropsychological
examination. This kind of examination can be used both in the clinical setting
as well as in clinical research and contains the following aspects: interview, clinical
impression, test results, rating scales, questionnaires, etc. Learning to interpret and
integrate the different aspects will result in a coherent neuropsychological report and
conclusion. Tests, theoretical and practical knowledge will be presented in the current
skills training in order to achieve the above-mentioned aim. Note that the major focus
of this skills training is not testing a patient or a subject participating in a study, but
interpretation of the acquired data.
The skills training consists of eight meetings. In the first two meetings, an overview
will be presented of the skills needed to form a conclusion about the data acquired