University of Toronto Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Alzheimers Disease Paper

This paper is worth 25% of my final mark. You may select whatever topic you’d like (that fits the guideline of perception and the brain). However, I would appreciate one topic that isn’t listed below in the examples. If you can’t find any, then you may settle for any of those examples listed below.

The paper must be 6-8 pages. Please include a reference page.

Below are the instructions:

Your paper must be based on one scientific publication in which (a) brain-damaged patient(s) with visual/perceptual dysfunctions is (are) studied. (A full APA reference to this publication is necessary.)

Examples of dysfunctions:

• Visual agnosia: Object agnosia and/or prosopagnosia

• Achromatopsia

• Motion Blindness

• Blindsight (with visual field defect)

• Balint syndrome

• Left-sided neglect

• Charles Bonnet Syndrome

• Dissociation between action and perception

Examples of good journals describing such cases:

Brain and Cognition, Cortex, Neuropsychologia, Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuropsychology, Nature

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Outline/ Topics to be covered in the paper:

Summary of the case (half or less):

• Patient: personal and medical history

• Localization of brain damage

• Visual impairments/difficulties

• Intact functions

What does it tell us about the functioning of the intact visual system:

Perceptually & Anatomically? (half or more)

• Description and analysis of the functioning of the perceptual phenomena

• Descritpion and analysis of the anatomy related to the perceptual phenomena

PERCEPTION: Vision & Brain

Paper: a case presentation

MARKING GUIDE

Criteria evaluated	Points allotted
Full reference	1
Pertinence of chosen case (paper)	2
Summary of the case
• Patient: personal and medical history	2
• Localization of brain damage	2
• Visual impairments/difficulties	3
• Intact functions	3
What does it tell us about the functioning of the intact visual system: and anatomically?
• Perception	6
• Anatomy	4
Style and writing quality	2
	Total: 25