Course summary

Why this course?

• Gain hands-on experience in our new state-of-the-art facilities and cognitive testing laboratory.

• Learn to use magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), brain stimulation equipment, eye-tracking and EEG equipment.

• Taught by research-active academics with strong expertise in the field of cognitive neuroscience.

• Understand the relationship between complex cognitive functions and their underlying brain mechanisms, both in health and disease.

• Top ten in the UK for postgraduate student satisfaction (PTES 2022, 2023).

• Jointly recognised as the best modern university in the country, and the best modern university in London for research excellence. (REF 2021). 77% of our research is ranked ‘world leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’ (REF 2021).

• The structure and function of the brain and how to interpret research findings from neuroimaging and brain damage studies.

• The neural mechanisms of healthy brain functioning, decision-making, emotion, attention, memory and visual processing, as well as gaps in our current knowledge in these areas.

• How abnormal brain functioning can contribute to psychiatric symptoms and diagnoses, including depression, anxiety, schizophrenia and drug use and addiction, as well as how cognitive neuroscience techniques can contribute to their treatment.

• Hands-on research experience using cutting-edge tools like MRI, EEG, eye-tracking, brain stimulation (TMS, tDCS), and cognitive testing.

• Research methods and statistics, and through your dissertation complete an original research project to excel in the evolving field of cognitive neuroscience.

• Communication skills for post-graduation success, including manuscript construction and effective presentations.

• Data analysis

• Scientific and non-scientific communication skills

• Finance

• Business

• Medicine

• Marketing