Birkbeck/UCL MSc Cognitive Neuropsychology
Disorders of
Language Module
Convenor: Dr. Michael
Thomas
Week 1: Introduction to aphasia and its basic forms. Lecture handout (4200k), Andrewes diagram (860k).
Week 2: Acquired comprehension deficits. Lecture handout (4120k).
Week 3: Acquired production deficits. Lecture handout (4699k).
Week 4: Aphasia in bilinguals (guest lecture: Dr. David Green). Associated reading (164k).
Week 5: Neurobiology of speech perception (guest lecture: Prof. Sophie Scott). Associated reading (206k). Handout (420k).
Week 6: Reading week
Week 7: Neuroimaging and the architecture of the language system (guest lecture: Dr. Fiona Richardson). Lecture handout (2063k), supplementary slides (164k).
Week 8: Computational models of language deficits (guest lecture: Dr. Fiona Richardson). Lecture handout (1097k).
Week 9: Domain-general approaches to language disorders (guest lecture: Dr. Jennifer Aydelott). Lecture handout (1442k).
Week 10: Developmental disorders of the language system. Lecture handout (335k).
Week 11: The right hemisphere. Specialisation, plasticity, and recovery. Lecture handout (1386k).
Seminar 1 (5 March, 4.30-5.30pm): Category-specific deficits.
Seminar 2 (19 March, 4.30-5.30pm): Specific Language Impairment.