Neuropsychological Rehabilitation

Full course description

The course will address the content of neuropsychological interventions as well as the procedures and designs that can be used for the execution of patient-related research. Throughout the meetings, the basic premises and ‘pitfalls’ in this type of research will be elaborated and the possibilities to circumvent these problems by proper choice of approach and design will be discussed. Various research designs will be compared in terms of their strengths and weaknesses (e.g. experimental studies, quasi-experimental designs, intention-to-treat, single case designs, challenge-studies, depletion studies). Various forms of neuropsychological treatments will be discussed and students will receive practical training in rehabilitation principles. Skills will be developed that can be applied in cognitive training and psycho-education.