Cognitive Neuroscience and Human Neuroimaging MSc
Master
In Sheffield
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Type
Master
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Location
Sheffield
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Duration
1 Year
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The course includes an extended research project which gives you the chance to carry out an in-depth imaging study. The computational and analytical skills you’ll learn are great preparation for a PhD. The course takes students from both life sciences and the physical sciences and engineering. Appropriate training is given to ensure all students can master the required skills and complete the course successfully.
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About this course
This course is about the relationship between brain function and mechanisms that underpin behaviour. Computational neuroscience uses data to construct models of brain function. Cognitive neuroscience and human imaging relate function to its underlying neural substrate.
A 2:1 honours degree or equivalent qualification in either a life science or mathematical/physical science.
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Subjects
- Neuroscience
- Computational
- Fundamentals of Cognition
- Cognition
- Data analysis
- Visualization
- Cognitive neuroscience
- Clinical Neuroscience
- Computational Neuroscience
- Social Sciences
Course programme
Core modules
- Fundamentals of Cognition
- Fundamentals of Neuroscience
- Neuroimaging 1
- Neuroimaging 2
- Data Analysis and Visualization and Research Project in Cognitive Neuroscience.
Students will also study two modules in either Pathway 1 or Pathway 2:
Pathway 1: Applied Neuroanatomy and Clinical Neuroscience, and Systems Neuroscience
Pathway 2: Computational Neuroscience 1 and Computational Neuroscience 2.
TeachingTeaching is through lectures, seminars and laboratory classes.
AssessmentThere are examinations at the end of semesters one and two, written coursework and an extensive empirical research project over the summer.
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Cognitive Neuroscience and Human Neuroimaging MSc