To learn the principles and methods of neuropsychological assessment, including standardized measurement of perception, attention and orientation, intellect, memory, speech and language, reasoning and decision-making, and personality.
To gain an understanding of neuropsychological manifestations of neurological and psychiatric disease, including agnosia, amnesia, aphasia, disorders of personality and social conduct, and dementia.
To learn the relationship between underlying medical diseases (e.g., Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, stroke, trauma) and the associated neuropsychological clinical presentations.
To efficiently provide high quality neuropsychological services to diverse patients, including effective test selection, report writing, clinical interviewing, verbal feedback, and supervision of psychometricians.
To design and execute research in clinical neuropsychology and cognitive neuroscience.
To learn methods of neuroscience research, with an emphasis on lesion method techniques and structural and functional imaging at systems level (CT, MRI, PET, fMRI).
To learn to be ethical and responsible in all professional activities, including service to patients, interactions with staff, colleagues, and the general public, and the conduct of research.