CH0005A - COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE

This module provides students with advanced training in cognitive and affective neuroscience. They will acquire fundamental knowledge to understand the nature of the relation between mind and brain. For this reason, the module contributes to the general educational objective of the Computational Cognitive Science course.
Students who successfully complete this module will acquire:
(knowledge and understanding) knowledge and understanding of the fundamental mechanisms enabling the most important cognitive and affective functions;
(applying knowledge and understanding) knowledge and understanding of i) cognitive and affective abnormalities; ii) the key contribution that the neurobiological approach to the study of cognitive and affective functions and their abnormalities is able to provide;
(making judgements) ability to assemble and integrate evidence from a variety of sources; evaluate a range of contemporary issues about the relation between brain and cognition; interpret behavioral and neuroimaging data
(communication) ability to report, interpret and discuss original research findings to expert and naïve audience.​​​​​​​
(lifelong learning skills) ability to reflect on their own performance, make constructive use of feedback, work independently, and plan work effectively.