Dr. Elkhonon Goldberg offers a comprehensive lecture course on neuropsychology covering all the central topics of the scientific fundamentals and clinical applications of neuropsychology. The curriculum includes the following:

Review of the fundamentals of neuropsychology:

• Functional neuroanatomy
• The brain mechanisms of perception and its disorders (agnosias)
• Language and its disorders (aphasias)
• Motor functions and its disorders (apraxias)
• Attention/arousal and its disorders (ADHD and ADD)
• Executive functions and various dysexecutive syndromes
• Memory and its disorders (amnesias)
• Hemispheric specialization
• Developmental neuropsychology
• Neuropsychology of aging
• Forensic neuropsychology
  

Review of the neurobiological and neuropsychological bases of major disorder categories:

• Dementias (of Alzheimer’s type; multi-infarct, Lewy body, Fronto-temporal, etc)
• Traumatic brain injury
• Neuropsychiatric disorders (Schizophrenia, Affective disorders, Tourette’s, etc)
• Neurodevelopmental disorders (ADHD/ADD, dyslexias, non-verbal learning
  disabilities, dysexecutive syndrome, etc)
• and others.

Comprehensive review of the principles and strategies of neuropsychological diagnosis, as well as of specific neuropsychological tests.

Dr. Goldberg also offers clinical supervision in neuropsychology.

A number of practicing psychologists mentored by Dr. Goldberg have subsequently developed successful careers in neuropsychology.

To find out more, please contact Dr. Goldberg’s office at 212 541 6412 or egneurocog@aol.com