NPSM013 Проект: Невропсихология на разстройствата в развитието
Анотация:
This course has three aims:
1) To acquaint students with the literature on a specific developmental disorder.
2) To provide students with an opportunity to evaluate the design of specific studies examining the specific developmental disorder.
3) To prepare students to compare typical and atypical development.
Преподавател(и):
Assist. Prof. Maria Tziraki, PhD
проф. Елена Андонова д-р
гл. ас. Михаела Барокова д-р
Описание на курса:
Компетенции:
Students who complete this course:
1) will know:
• The current state of literature on a specific developmental disorder
• The best practices for designing a study with this specific population
2) will be able to:
• Propose a research study, involving children with neurodevelopmental disorders
Предварителни изисквания:
Enrollment in NPSM003 / CPY6126
Форми на провеждане:
Редовен
Учебни форми:
Проект
Език, на който се води курса:
Английски
Теми, които се разглеждат в курса:
- How to pick a research topic? How to conduct a literature review?
- How to evaluate research studies with a clinical population. Best practices.
- How to compare typical and atypical development?
Литература по темите:
The reading list will depend on the topic that the student chooses for their project. Nevertheless, here are some recommended readings about how to conduct a literature review and how to think about developmental disorders.
Bem, D. J. (1995) Writing a review article for Psycho logical Bulletin. Psychological Bulletin, 118, 172-177.
Bem, D. J. (2004). Writing the empirical journal article. In J. M. Darley, M. P. Zanna, & H. L. Roediger III (Eds.), The compleat academic: A career guide (pp. 185–219). American Psychological Association.
Bishop, D. (2010). Which neurodevelopmental disorders get researched and why? PLoSOne, 5, e15112.
Dennis, E. & Thompson, P. (2013). Typical and atypical brain development: A review of neuroimaging studies. Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience, 15, 359-384.
Karmiloff-Smith, A (2009). Nativism versus neuroconstructivism: Rethinking the study of developmental disorders. Developmental Psychology, 45, 56-63.
Koppelman, G. H., & Holloway, J. W. (2012). Successful grant writing. Paediatric respiratory reviews, 13(1), 63-66.
Pennington, B. (2009). How neuropsychology informs our understanding of developmental disorders. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 50, 72-78.
Thomas, M. (2016). Understanding delay in developmental disorders. Child Development Perspectives, 10, 73-80.
Yang, O. O. (2012). Guide to effective grant writing: How to write a successful NIH grant application. New York: Springer.