Curricular Unit:			Code:
Brain and Language			897CLIN
Year:	Level:	Course:	Credits:
1	Postgraduate	Language Development and Disorders (Psycho and Neurolinguistic Development)	6 ects
Learning Period:		Language of Instruction:	Total Hours:
		Portuguese	78
Learning Outcomes of the Curricular Unit:
Understand the functional mechanisms compromised in language disturbances Know the possibilities of rehabilitation interventions in the language pathologies
Syllabus:
Language areas and circuits; functional neuroimaging; disturbances of language development; cognitive assessment and rehabilitation
Demonstration of the Syllabus Coherence with the Curricular Unit's Objectives:
The programmatic contents focus on the aspects of brain functioning relevant to perceiving the development of language and its various pathological situations.
Teaching Methodologies (Including Evaluation):
Continuous, assiduity
Demonstration of the Coherence between the Teaching Methodologies and the Learning Outcomes:
The presentation of the themes wiil be done according to the previous preparation and interest of the students in order to awaken in them the apprehension of concepts and their practical applicability.
Reading:
1. Sá MJ (2014). Neurologia Clínica. Compreender as Doenças Neurológicas. 2ª ed. Edições Universidade Fernando Pessoa. 2. Vanderah T. and Gould DJ (2015) Nolte's The Human Brain: An Introduction to its Functional Anatomy, 7th ed. Elsevier. 3. Ropper AH, Brown RH (2014). Adams and Victor’s Principles of Neurology, 10th ed. McGraw-Hill. 4. Artigos e demais material fornecido pela docente.