Instructor: Dr. George F, Michel
(e-mail: gmichel@condor.depaul.edu
Byrne Hall Rm 503 ext. 4246
home-page: condor.depaul.edu/~gmichel)
Office Hours: TTh 10-11, Fri 11-1 or by appt.
Text: William R. Uttal (2001) The new phrenology: The limits of localizing cognitive processes in the brain. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press.
Purpose: This course is a critical examination and evaluation of the conceptual foundations of the discipline of developmental neuropsychology including current topical problems and assessment issues.
Course Format: The assigned readings must be completed by the date of the topic in order to facilitate class discussion. The class will consist of some lecture and much discussion. Each student will be responsible for providing discussion questions (at least two) before the beginning of each class. The student will attempt to provide an initial written answer to each study question submitted. Students will be responsible for class discussion and at least two class presentations of one of the assigned readings.
Course Outline
Date (week of) Topic Assigned Reading
4/1
Developmental Psychobiology &
Michel (2001)
Developmental Neuropsychology
4/8
Biology & Psychology Problems
M & M Ch 2
Sex Differences (presentation)
Moore (2002)
4/15
Developmental Psychobiology
M & M Ch 3
Assessment/Therapy (presentation)
Kaplan (1990)
4/22
Functional Brain Modules
Uttal Ch 1
Sensory (presentation)
Aslin & Hunt
4/29
Cognitive Processes
Uttal Ch 3
Spatial (presentation)
Stiles
Language (presentation)
Bates & Roe
Bedi
5/6
Technical & Conceptual Problems
Uttal Ch 4
Attention & TICS (presentation)
Karatekin
Leckman, et al.
5/13
Genetics and Development
M & M Ch 5
Schizophrenia & Autism (presentation)
Elvevag
Ozonoff
5/20
Genes & Organisms
Rose Ch 5
Temperament & Attachment (presentation)
Hofer & Sullivan
Fox,et al.
6/3
Neuroembryology & Behavior
M & M Ch 6
Nutrition, FAS, Cocaine (presentation)
Georgieff& Rao
Streissguth
Stanwood & Levitt
6/10
Reductionism, Phrenology, Neuropsychology
Uttal Ch 5, Rose Ch 10
Neural Plasticity & Recovery of Function
Kolb & Gibb
(presentation)
Elbert, et al.
Bibliography.
M & M Readings = Michel, G.F. & Moore, C.L. (1995). Developmental psychobiology: An interdisciplinary science. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press.
Rose Readings = Rose, S. (1997). Lifelines: Biology beyond determinism. New York: Oxford University Press.
Misc. Readings = Nelson, C.A. & Lucianna, M. (Eds.) (2001). Handbook of developmental cognitive neuroscience. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press.
For an excellent introduction to human neurospychology
Kolb, B. & Whishaw,
I.Q. (1995). Fundamental of human neuropsychology. New
York: Freeman & Co.
For an excellent introduction to human developmental
neuropsychology
Spreen, O, Risser,
A.H. & Edgell, D. (1995). Developmental neuropsychology. New
York : Oxford U. Press.
For an excellent introduction to neuropsychological tests
Spreen, O & Strauss,
E. (1991). A compendium of neuropsychological tests: Adminstration,
norms, and commentary. New York: Oxford U. Press.
For a comprehensive account of cognitive neuroscience
Gazzaniga, M.S. (Ed.)
(2001). The new cognitive neurosciences. Cambridge, MA: The MIT
Press.
For a good introduction to biological psychology
Toates, F (2001).
Biological psychology: An integrative approach. New York:
Prentice Hall.
For a comprehensive account of neuropsychiatry
Yudofsky, S.C. &
Hales, R.E. (Eds.) (2002). The American Psychiatric Press textbook of
neuropsychiatry and clinical neurosciences, fourth edition. Washington,
DC: The American Psychiatric Press.