2023-2024 / LOGO1145-4

Neuropsychology of language

Part 1

Part 2

Duration

Part 1 : 15h Th
Part 2 : 30h Th

Number of credits

 Master in speech and language therapy (120 ECTS)4 crédits 

Lecturer

Part 1 : Steve Majerus, Martine Poncelet
Part 2 : Steve Majerus, Martine Poncelet

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

Part 1

Subjects :
- Neuropsychology of language : historical aspects and current conception;
- Semiology and nosology of aphasia;
- Word processing models and interpretation of neurolinguistic disorders; 
- Relations between language impairments and deficits in short term and long term memory.

Part 2

This part completes part 1 by addressing the following sujects :

- Disorders of spoken word production;
- Disorders of spoken word comprehension;
- Disorders of written language (dyslexia and dysgraphia);
- Disorders of sentence processing;
- Neuroimaging and aphasia

Both acquired aphasic syndromes (as a results of a CVA, traumatic brain injury) and aphasic syndromes occurring in the context of neurodegenerative disease will be presented.

Part of the course is devoted to the assessment and treatment of word processing disorders.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

Part 1

To get familiarized with the main acquired language pathologies and with their interpretation in the light of models of language processing.

Part 2

To get familiarized with the main acquired language pathologies and with their interpretation in the light of models of language processing.

To get familiarized with assessment and rehabilitation techniques for word processing disorders.

To get familiarized with the use of tests to assess acquired language disorders.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Part 1

Course of neuropsychology.

Part 2

neuropsychology course

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Part 1

- Lectures

- Active learning via analysis and interpretation of case studies

 

Part 2

- Lectures

- Active learning via analysis and interpretation of case studies

- Syllabi and question base on the assessment and rehabilitation of acquired language disorders available on e-campus.

- Battery of language tests to be administered to an ordinary person over 60 years old.

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Part 1

Face-to-face course


Additional information:

face-to-face

Part 2

face-to-face

Recommended or required readings

Part 1

Course dias, papers and chapters at myuliege

Part 2

Course notes at myuliege

Part 1

Exam(s) in session

Any session

- In-person

written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire )

Part 2

Exam(s) in session

Any session

- In-person

written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire, open-ended questions )


Additional information:

Any session :


Additional information:

Written exam including a MCQ part and an open question part.



 

Work placement(s)

Organisational remarks and main changes to the course

Part 2

1st quadrimester

Contacts

Part 1

martine.poncelet@uliege.be

smajerus@uliege.be

Part 2

Martine.Poncelet@uliege.be smajerus@uliege.be

Association of one or more MOOCs

Items online

Part 2

my.ulg.ac.be
lecture notes