Neuro-Cognitive Psychology: Ludwig Maximilians University Munich

Course Objectives:

1. Establishment of an innovative, interdisciplinary English-language Elite study programme that integrates theories and approaches of Cognitive Psychology and the Cognitive Neurosciences into 'Neuro-cognitive Psychology'.
2. Provision of a research-oriented education in state-of-the-art methods and theories of neuro-cognitive psychology (experimental procedures for the measurement and imaging of neuro-cognitive functions and their disorders, neuro-cognitive modelling and theory formation).
3. Integration of basic-science methods and concepts with applied issues in Neuro-cognitive Ergonomics (especially complex human-machine interaction) and Diagnostics (especially assessment of normal neuro-cognitive functions and their disorders in subjects with brain dysfunction).
4. Teaching network spanning Bavarian, German, and international partner institutions (for example linked laboratory courses at the universities of Munich, Regensburg, and Würzburg; at the Forschungszentrum Jülich; research internships at European partner universities; international guest lecturers).
5. Direct involvement in the courses offered by top international scientists, including guest lecturers, in the various (cognitive-neuroscience) disciplines.
6. Intensive personal tuition of the students in a mentoring system.

The aim of the four-semester Elite study programme 'M Sc in Neuro-cognitive Psychology' (NCP), funded by the Elite Network of the Bavarian Ministry of Sciences, Research and the Arts, is to train a select group of about 20 students each year (recruited world-wide) in both methodological and conceptual topics in this neuroscience-oriented discipline of psychology, and to provide an education that is competitive with the best international programmes.