Psychology (research)

In the track Cognitive Neuroscience we focus on the investigation of the psychological, computational, and neuroscientific bases of human cognition by means of mind and brain research.
This two-year master's programme has a strong hands-on approach with numerous practical courses. You will play an active role in ongoing behavioural and neuroscientific research.

The programme offers a thorough training in the methodological and practical skills necessary to carry out scientific research on human behaviour. You will have ample opportunity to get in touch with and work with top researchers and excel in the area of your choice. In addition, you will be trained in a multi-layered, theory-driven approach to processes of self-regulation.

In this specialisation you will obtain in-depth knowledge of topics within the broad context of self-regulation of health and illness.
Topics in this two-year research programme that you will investigate include: stress, symptom perception and illness, the dynamics of behavioral change, and coping with (chronic) disease. You will learn a broad variety of methods and techniques, e.g., clinical trials, neuroimaging, and longitudinal survey or intervention studies.

The main aim of this specialisation is to provide a broad overview of classic and more recent approaches. You will be trained to integrate different perspectives and findings, in order to develop novel research questions. Through written assignments and discussions and presentations in small groups you will practice developing theory-driven analyses of a range of issues in social and organisational psychology, and learn how to examine these with advanced research methods.