Introduction Week PSY 4950 Problem-Based Learning (training for Non-UM Students*) (- credits) PSY4062 Behavioural Disorders (4 credits): Kim Kuypers

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1 Neuropsychology Period Period Period Period Neuropsychology: Specialisation : Eric Vuurman Introduction Week PSY 4950 Problem-Based Learning (training for Non-UM Students*) (- credits) PSY4061 Brain Damage (4 credits): Martin van Boxtel PSY4064 Arousal and Attention (4 credits): Annemiek Vermeeren PSY4062 Behavioural Disorders (4 credits): Kim Kuypers PSY4067 Ageing (4 credits): Arjan Blokland Practical training: PSY4063 Neuropsychological Assessment (2 credits): Sven Stapert Practical training: PSY4066 Basic Cognitive Psychological Skill (2 credits): Eric Vuurman 28 weeks PSY4092 Research Proposal, PSY4090 Research Internship and PSY4091 Master s Thesis (40 credits): Sandra Mulkens OR: PSY4080 Research Proposal, PSY4081 Research Internship and PSY4082 Master s Thesis: Caroline van Heugten + PSY4083 Clinical Internship, PSY4084 Clinical Supervision and PSY4085 Clinical Activities Report (Master s NP - clinical option): Caroline van Heugten *Students from Erasmus Rotterdam receive an exemption for PBL training Neuropsychology The Neuropsychology specialisation focuses on understanding cognitive and emotional-affective behaviour starting from the perspective of brain structure and function. This focus on brain x s behavioural interactions is carried out on a continuum ranging from normal behaviour to disturbed or pathological psychiatric dysfunctions in children, adolescents and adults. The programme provides sound theoretical knowledge and insight in to Neuropsychology and helps students acquire the methodological skills and practical experience that are essential for either a clinical or research career in the broad domain of Neuropsychology. 1

2 Problem-Based Learning Period 0 PSY4950 ECTS credits - Education Office Wladimir van Mansum The choice for Maastricht as a place to study also means a choice for an educational approach quite different to what is offered elsewhere. In Maastricht, education is based on the Problem-Based Learning (PBL) method. As opposed to other traditional educational approaches, Problem-Based Learning is not centred around the transfer of information from the lecturer to the student, but rather based on the learning process of the student. In small groups of approximately 12 members who meet once or twice weekly, students discuss specific problems in depth. These problems are formulated in such a way that students are led to pose all types of explanatory questions; e.g. how did the phenomenon presented come about? Based on this discussion, students formulate the subject matter to be studied. The PBL approach and group discussions stimulate students to acquire relevant knowledge, insight and skills relatively independently. This emphasis on self-motivation is a core feature of Problem-Based Learning. After individually acquiring the relevant knowledge, it is shared with the other group members and discussed. To get to know the basics of the way PBL groups work, this module addresses the way the problem are dealt with during the sessions: the 7-step approach. Also the skills needed to function within these groups are an important feature of this module. Working together as a team, making sure all group members get the opportunity to join the discussion. How to communicate with each other, taking into account the different backgrounds of all group members. And how to lead a discussion, as a student discussion leader during these sessions. Getting to know the PBL system, the 7 step approach, functioning in groups. Communication skills, leading a discussion, reflecting on group processes, and own functioning as a group member Eng E-reader. PBL Training Work in subgroups PBL, communication skills, feedback, reflection 2

3 Brain Damage Period 1 PSY4061 ECTS credits 4 Martin van Boxtel Much of what we know about cognitive processes and affective functioning comes from close observation of patients with damage to the central nervous system. This course reviews mechanisms of the relationship between brain and certain behaviours that form the basis of neuropsychological dysfunctions in people who suffer from brain damage. Students are introduced to the fields of Behavioural Neurology and Neuropsychology via questions such as: What do the effects of pathological conditions on brain structure and/or function tell us about the relationship between brain and behaviour? They acquire knowledge about the causes and neurobiological effects of brain lesions, and become acquainted with the aetiology and taxonomy of common neurological and neuropsychological syndromes. Functional disturbances that occur after focal or diffuse lesions in different cortical areas, in connecting tracts, in limbic and other subcortical brain structures are discussed, together with the neurocognitive assessment procedures that are commonly used to identify such deficits, including disorders of memory, praxis, language, visual spatial abilities and executive function. This knowledge forms an essential basis for an understanding of the principles of neuropsychological rehabilitation, which can be used to support or even improve residual function after brain damage and can ameliorate the life quality of neurological patients. Functional brain anatomy, cerebral vascularisation, Neurophysiology of brain repair, neurological diseases, stroke, epilepsy, traumatic brain injury, alcohol-induced brain dysfunction, Korsakoff s disease, cognitive control, neuropsychological syndromes, brain plasticity, history of neurospychology, neuropsychological assessment, cognitive rehabilitation. Journal articles, book chapters. Lecture(s) PBL Skills Written exam neuropsychology, history of neuropsychology, brain disease, neuroanatomy, neurology, neuropsychological assessment, rehabilitation, brain plasticity 3

4 Behavioural Disorders Period 1 PSY4062 ECTS credits 4 Kim Kuypers The course covers the range of cognitive and behavioural problems that accompany the most common neuropsychiatric and neurological disorders (i.e. psychosis, schizophrenia, ADHD, autism and acquired brain injuries). The course provides insight into the underlying neurobiological and psychological mechanisms, and intervention possibilities from a behavioural and pharmacological perspective. Finally, the course touches on the principle of vulnerability, protective/risk factors and psychopharmacology in the aetiology of behavioural disorders. Neuropsychological assessment and- intervention, psychological mechanism, neurobiology, functional neuroanatomy, imaging, psychopharmacology, epidemiology, developmental-, psychiatric- and neurological disorders, neuropsychiatric syndromes. Research and review articles, case studies, book chapters. Lecture(s) PBL Written exam behavioural disorders, development, neuropsychiatry, acquired brain injury, neuropsychology, intervention, psychopharmacology 4

5 Practical training: Neuropsychological Assessment Period 1 PSY4063 ECTS credits 2 Sven Stapert The Neuropsychological Assessment training runs in parallel to the Brain Damage and Behavioural Disorders course. The core elements of this practical skills training involves the clinical data gathering process. This provides the cognitive, emotional and behavioural data which can be interpreted in order to support neurological or neuropsychiatric diagnosis. The skills training commences with an introductory lecture which covers both the principles and methods of interpretation of neuropsychological assessment. During a 7-week period, students are trained in neuropsychological history taking, observing patient behaviour, cognitive testing and interpreting cognitive and behavioural data. Finally each student writes a comprehensive neuropsychological report based on a simulated clinical case. Students obtain the basic skills of neuropsychological assessment, i.e. observing, interviewing, neuropsychological testing, combining and interpreting behavioural and cognitive data and neuropsychological report writing. introductory knowledge on psychodiagnostics and related psychometrics Lezak. M.D., Howieson, M.D., Bigler, E.D., & Tranel, D. (2012). Neuropsychological assessment. New York: Oxford University Press; R.D. Vanderploeg (2000). Clinician s Guide to Neuropsychological assessment. New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. Assignment(s) Lecture(s) Paper(s) Patient contact Skills Training(s) Work in subgroups Final paper neuropsychological assessment, cognitive disorders, brain disease, brain injury, test taking, interviewing, observations, psychometry 5

6 Arousal and Attention Period 2 PSY4064 ECTS credits 4 Annemiek Vermeeren This course familiarises students with key concepts and controversies in the study of arousal and alertness in attention and cognitive performance, with an emphasis on the role of neurotransmitters. It is known that human performance fluctuates depending on the state of alertness; when we are sleepy or tired we are less attentive to events going on around us than when we are fully awake and alert. However, people who are extremely stressed or highly aroused can also be too hyper to effectively focus their attention (e.g. ADHD, anxiety disorders). The nature and mechanisms underlying the relation between arousal, attention and performance have been the subject of extensive research in psychology. Therefore this course will review current knowledge on subcortical arousal systems, attention networks and the neurotransmitters involved, in addition to a critical discussion of the classic Arousal Theory. Throughout the course, psychopharmacological studies will be presented that illustrate the role of different neurotransmitters in arousal and attention. Arousal Theory, inverted-u model, Yerkes-Dodson law, Ascending Reticular Activating System, Cognitive Energetic Model, Additive Factors Method, Posner s attentional networks, orienting attention, cueing paradigm, Corbetta s model of attentional control, alerting, sustained attention, vigilance, noradrenergic locus coeruleus activity, clonidine, Signal Detection Theory, executive attention, prefrontal dopaminergic activity, methylphenidate, Borbely s model of sleep regulation, caffeine, neurocognitive theory of insomnia, benzodiazepines, flip-flop mechanism of sleepwake regulation, antihistamines. Journal articles, book chapters. Lecture(s) PBL Written exam arousal, alertness, attention networks, brainstem arousal systems, sleep-wake regulation 6

7 Ageing Period 2 PSY4067 ECTS credits 4 Arjan Blokland This course covers a broad range of topics in the field of Cognitive Ageing. There is an initial focus on the normal ageing process since a thorough knowledge is considered essential before issues in abnormal ageing can be addressed. Important questions covered include: What is ageing? What neurobiological and cognitive mechanisms determine whether a person ages pathologically, normally, or successfully? Can the ageing process be influenced? To address these questions, students will critically reflect on influential theories, state-ofthe-art research, established research methods, and clinical interventions. General themes are physical ageing, neural ageing, cognitive ageing, pathological ageing (mild cognitive impairment, Alzheimer s disease, and other types of dementia), intervention strategies, and methodological issues in ageing research. Physical ageing, evolutionary theories of ageing, neural aging, amyloid cascade hypothesis, temporal lobe dysfunction, frontal lobe dysfunction, processing-speed theory, white matter decline, decline of cognitive control, inhibitory-deficit hypothesis, sensory ageing, default-mode network dysfunction, parietal lobe dysfunction, mild cognitive impairment, Alzheimer s disease, vascular dementia, successful ageing, reserve theories, emotional ageing, frontotemporal dementia, semantic dementia. E-reader. Lecture(s) PBL Written exam cognitive, neural, and physical ageing, dementias 7

8 Practical training: Basic Cognitive Psychological Skills Period 2 PSY4066 ECTS credits 2 Eric Vuurman This course focuses on the acquisition and training of basic skills required in cognitive performance research. The course is centred around a psychological experiment in which students study the detrimental effects of arousal manipulation (environmental noise) on cognitive processing. Students will learn how to perform a field experiment and will undertake all the various stages that are necessary to acquire and analyse the data and report on the results. Students will be required to recruit a small number of subjects and to administer the test battery according to a pre-defined protocol. The test battery consists of paper and pencil tests that have been presented and discussed in previous courses. After data acquisition, a number of interactive sessions are planned in which students not only learn to explore and analyse their data with SPSS but also lean how to interpret the results. Students conclude the course by writing a paper in APA format describing the experiment. An overview of the techniques and tests currently used to evaluate performance in a number of cognitive domains (such as language, perception, attention and executive functions), are also presented to students in this course. Psychological testing, data preparation, data analysis, report writing. Field, A. (2009). Discovering statistics using SPSS (4 th ed.). London: Sage. Assignment(s) Lecture(s) PBL Final paper field experiment, applied behavioural testing, data reduction and analysis techniques, report writing 8

9 Research Proposal, Research Internship and Master s Thesis Period 3-6 PSY4092, PSY4090, and PSY4091 ECTS credits 40 (5, 25, and 10, respectively). The total research internship will be assigned 40 credits: 30 credits for the research activities, including the research proposal (5 credits; graded pass/fail) and the practical execution of the internship (25 credits; graded assessment, but not included in the GPA), and 10 credits (graded assessment) for the master s thesis. Clinical Psychological Science Sandra Mulkens The second part of the one-year master s programme (from period 3 onwards), is devoted to conducting a research internship that involves 1) planning, 2) conducting, and 3) analyzing the results of the student s own research project. This work will result in an individually written 4) master s thesis. The internship can be undertaken at Maastricht University, at an external research institute or at other practically oriented institutions. In all cases, a student s research proposal and master s thesis will be evaluated by two assessors. At least one of these assessors is a (senior) researcher at the Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience (FPN). The other assessor can be an external (senior) researcher. One of the assessors must hold a PhD, the other can be a PhD student. Information about research internships offered by faculty members can be found on EleUM > FPN Master Students > internships/stages. Internship coordinators differ per master track: Psychology and Law: Kim van Oorsouw, Phone (043) , 40 Universiteitssingel East, Room 3.767, k.vanoorsouw@maastrichtuniversity.nl Health and Social Psychology: Sandra Mulkens, Phone (043) , 40 Universiteitssingel East, Room 3.755, s.mulkens@maastrichtuniversity.nl Work and Social Psychology: Robert van Doorn, Phone (043) , 40 Universiteitssingel East, Room 4.731, r.vandoorn@maastrichtuniversity.nl Developmental Psychology: Hans Stauder, Phone (043) , 55 Oxfordlaan, Room 2.009, h.stauder@maastrichtuniversity.nl Cognitive Neuroscience: Amanda Kaas, Phone (043) , 55 Oxfordlaan, Room 2.019, a.kaas@maastrichtuniversity.nl Neuropsychology: Caroline van Heugten, Phone (043) , 40 Universiteitssingel East, Room 2.736, caroline.vanheugten@maastrichtuniversity.nl 9

10 Conducting a supervised empirical research project and summarising their research in a master s thesis. At least 2 of the 4 compulsory theoretical courses of the Master s track must be passed. Assignment(s) Paper(s) Research Skills Working visit(s) Final paper Observation Participation internship, research, research proposal, master s thesis 10

11 Research Proposal, Research Internship and Master s Thesis (Master NP clinical option) Period 3-6 PSY4080, PSY4081 and PSY4082 ECTS credits 21 (2, 12, 7 respectively) Caroline van Heugten The second part of the one-year master s programme (from period 3 onwards), is devoted to arranging and conducting a research internship and a clinical internship for students choosing the clinical option. For the research internship students explore a research issue within their specialisation. Students choosing the clinical option of the Master s degree in Neuropsychology will conduct their research internship in relation to a clinical topic. Students commence their internship with the writing of a research proposal. Students complete the master s programme by writing a thesis on research undertaken during their internship. The internship can be undertaken at the institute where the clinical internship is carried out or at Maastricht University. In all cases, a student s research proposal and master s thesis will be evaluated by two assessors. At least one of these assessors is a (senior) researcher at the Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience (FPN). The other assessor might be a (senior) researcher at, for example, the institute where the student collected their data. Information about research internships offered by external institutes or faculty members can be found on EleUM > Students Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience > internships. This site also provides a detailed guide with practical information about the criteria for the research internship and the master s thesis. Conducting a supervised empirical research project and summarising the research results in the form of a master s thesis. At least 2[CvH1] of the 4 compulsory theoretical courses of the Master s track must be completed. Assignment(s) Paper(s) Patient contact Research Skills Working visit(s) Final paper Observation Participation internship, research, master s thesis 11

12 Period ECTS credits Clinical Internship, Clinical Supervision and Clinical Activities Report (Master NP clinical option) From period 2 onwards PSY4083, PSY4084 and PSY (14, 2, 3 respectively) Caroline van Heugten The second part of the one-year master s programme (from period 2 onwards) is devoted to arranging and conducting a research internship and a clinical Internship for students choosing the clinical option. For the clinical internship students conduct a 13-week fulltime clinical internship in an approved setting. The clinical internship can be conducted in conjunction with the research internship or separately. The aim of the clinical internship is to provide an introduction to the organisation and practice of health care, as well as basic experience in clinical diagnosis and therapeutic interventions. Students conducting a clinical internship are required to receive supervision at Maastricht University and write a clinical activities report as a result of the internship. A detailed guide on clinical internships can be found on EleUM > Students Master Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience. Although not required to do so by the master s programme, students who wish to meet Dutch requirements for admission to advanced clinical training programmes are advised to fulfil the admission criteria for the GZ-opleiding. The work environment of the clinical psychologist. This internship gives students the opportunity to practice clinical skills in a real-life setting. Assignment(s) Paper(s) Patient contact Skills Training(s) Working visit(s) Final paper Observation Participation clinical research, clinical practice, clinical training, psychodiagnostics, patient contact. 12