MSc Clinical Cognitive Neuroscience

Course summary

• Learn generic and specialised skills including learning brain-behaviour relation and underlying neurophysiological mechanisms and theories
• Gain hands-on experience with various techniques including EEG, TMS, fMRI recording and analysis, IQ and other clinical psychometric assessments

Designed for graduates of psychology and other related disciplines (biomedical sciences, neuroscience, psychophysiology), this course introduces you to various topics in cognitive neuroscience, normal and abnormal development of perceptual and higher level cognitive functions across the lifespan.

How you learn

All our courses are designed around a set of key principles based on engaging you with the world, collaborating with others, challenging you to think in new ways, and providing you with a supportive environment in which you can thrive.

The course provides a robust academic framework across the broad spectrum of neuroscience and promotes the application of critical thinking and evaluative reasoning to the topics of study. This multifaceted learning and teaching approach allows for reflection on your own progress utilising peer and tutor feedback.

You learn through

• lectures
• workshops
• E-learning
• VLE
• tutorials
• practical workshops
• visiting speakers
• discussion boards
• research forums
• personal progress plans

Future careers

This course prepares you for an academic or industrial career using psychological and neuroimaging methods like

• electroencephalogram (EEG)
• transcranial magnetic stimulation
• eye tracking techniques
• visual psychophysics
• further cognitive neuroscience postgraduate academic work
• clinical psychology

Students need one from: a second class honours degree or above in psychology; a relevant undergraduate degree from a non-psychological background such as biosciences or a healthcare related subject; appropriate practical or work-based experience.