Cognitive Neuroscience MSc

Students learn about the relationship between the mind and the brain in patients and healthy individuals, alongside the ideas, methodology, and current state of knowledge in cognitive neuroscience. Students learn in the classroom and laboratory via a combination of lectures, discussions and practical work. Alongside discipline-specific knowledge and skills, the programme develops key transferable skills.

Students undertake modules to the value of 180 credits.

The programme consists of eight core modules (120 credits) and a research dissertation (60 credits).

• Communication Skills in Cognitive Neuroscience
• Current Issues in Cognitive Neuroscience I: Fundamental Processes
• Current Issues in Cognitive Neuroscience II: Elaborative and Adaptive Processes
• Current Issues in Cognitive Neuroscience III: Translational Research
• Methods in Cognitive Neuroscience I: Lesion Approaches
• Methods in Cognitive Neuroscience II: Neuroimaging
• Research Methods (Statistics)
• Structure and Function of the Brain

• There are no optional modules for this programme.

All students undertake an empirical research project in the area of cognitive neuroscience, which culminates in a dissertation of 10,000–12,000 words.

The programme is delivered through a combination of lectures, tutorials, problem classes, laboratory classes and student presentations. Depending on the chosen taught modules, it includes case demonstrations of neuropsychological patients, hands-on experience with the analysis of neuroimaging data, critical analyses of published scientific papers, and discussion seminars. Assessment is through examinations, essays, practical exercises, reports and the research dissertation.