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Research Master in Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience – (M.Sc.)
Maastricht University
Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience
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| Application Deadline: | Start in 1 September: April (non-EEA: April). | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 1,771 - ≈ € 12,000 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | Maastricht / Netherlands / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 24 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Credits (ECTS): | 120 | ||
| Languages: | English | ||
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Two-year programme prepares students for a scientific or policy career. Five specialisations: Cognitive Neuroscience, Fundamental Neuroscience, Neuroeconomics, Neuropsychology, Psychopathology.
Two-year programme prepares students for a career in academic, health care, industry or policy sectors. Five specialisations: Cognitive Neuroscience, Fundamental Neuroscience, Neuroeconomics, Neuropsychology, Psychopathology. The Research Master in Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience educates its students in the most important theories, models, techniques, and analytic methods of research in neuroscience, psychology, neuroeconomics and mental illness. In addition to the broader interdisciplinary curriculum, students choose one of five specialisations: * Cognitive Neuroscience * Fundamental Neuroscience * Neuroeconomics * Neuropsychology * Psychopathology This selective programme has a strong international orientation and is designed for students who wish to pursue a research-oriented career in psychology, neuroscience, neuroeconomics or a related field. Each specialisation can admit 20 to 25 students each year. Students will enjoy close interaction with staff, including a personal mentor, to promote their development as a scientist.
Contents
Types of teaching (in year 1):
- theory: 25%
- practice: 10%
- self study: 65%
Programme internationalization:
- Studying abroad is optional.
This programme has a workload of 120 ECTS.
Specialities:
Cognitive Neuroscience:
In this specialisation students acquire a unique combination of in-depth methodological and theoretical knowledge to optimally use brain imaging techniques and unravel how the 'working' brain creates a conscious mind. Students receive extensive hands-on training in all aspects of neuroimaging research, including experimental design, recording and manipulating brain activation and advanced data analysis. This methodological approach is combined with theoretical knowledge on human behaviour and cognition, including auditory and visual perception, sensation and action, attention, language, reading and dyslexia, consciousness and brain-computer interface.
Neuropsychology:
The specialisation in Neuropsychology focuses on understanding cognitive (memory, perception, planning, attention, psycho-motor functions) and emotional-affective (e.g. mood, anxiety, motivation, arousal) behaviour starting from the perspective of brain structure and function. This is done on a continuum ranging from normal behaviour to pathological psychiatric dysfunctions (e.g. depression, anxiety, parkinson, schizophrenia, dementia, ADHD). In addition, in the context of psychopharmacology, the brain-behaviour relationship is thoroughly studied by pharmacological manipulation of brain neurochemistry and function in human and animal models; including the use of interventional psychoactive substances (e.g. hormones, drugs, medicine and foods) in combination with behavioural, psychophysiological and neurofunctional research techniques.
Psychopathology:
Interactive core seminars cover biopsychosocial theories and state-of-the-art research on epidemiology, genetics, and psychological and neurobiological mechanisms. These concepts are crucial in understanding the onset, course, treatment, and prevention of mental disorders throughout the life cycle. In addition to the coverage of specific disorders, attention is paid to positive psychology and to broader issues and controversies, such as gender and cultural differences, the validity of experimental and animal models of psychopathology, and gene-environment interactions.
Fundamental Neuroscience:
The other specialisations within the research master offer a formal education in brain imaging at a macro level (observing brain activity), as well as neuropsychology (brain-behaviour relationships) and psychopathology (mental health). Fundamental Neuroscience adds the cellular micro level (investigations into single brain cells) and offers interdisciplinary cross-integration in a neuroscience context. The focus is on acquiring the molecular biological (e.g., proteomics, genomics), neuroanatomical (e.g., immunocytochemistry), electrophysiological (e.g., EEG, ERP), and behavioural techniques (e.g., rodent and human tests) necessary for preclinical basic research.
Neuroeconomics:
Neuroeconomics combines theoretical and empirical research methods and techniques from neuroscience, economics and psychology into a unified approach. The resulting synthesis avoids the shortcomings that may arise from a single perspective approach and aims at an integrative understanding of human decision making, ranging from explaining decisions in complex social situations, like helping strangers, to the very foundations of decision-making: How do we decide when facing different choice options?
Courses:
Cognitive Neuroscience - Auditory and Higer Order Language Processing(4 ECTS):
Course type: regular
This course is given in year 1
This course is required to apply to.
Cognitive Neuroscience - Perception and Attention(4 ECTS):
Course type: regular
This course is given in year 1
This course is required to apply to.
Cognitive Neuroscience - Advanced Statistics I(3 ECTS):
Course type: regular
This course is given in year 1
This course is required to apply to.
Fundamental Neuroscience - Molecular and Biochemical Techniques(5 ECTS):
Course type: regular
This course is given in year 1
This course is required to apply to.
Fundamental Neuroscience - Introduction to Psychology(5 ECTS):
Course type: regular
This course is given in year 1
This course is required to apply to.
Fundamental Neuroscience - Biopsychological Neuroscience(4 ECTS):
Course type: regular
This course is given in year 1
This course is required to apply to.
Fundamental Neuroscience - Advanced Statistics I(3 ECTS):
Course type: regular
This course is given in year 1
This course is required to apply to.
Neuropsychology - Brain Damage(4 ECTS):
Course type: regular
This course is given in year 1
This course is required to apply to.
Neuropsychology - Behavioural Disorders(4 ECTS):
Course type: regular
This course is given in year 1
This course is required to apply to.
Neuropsychology - Advanced Statistics I(3 ECTS):
Course type: regular
This course is given in year 1
This course is required to apply to.
Psychopathology - Anxiety Disorders(4 ECTS):
Course type: regular
This course is given in year 1
This course is required to apply to.
Psychopathology - Mood Disorders(4 ECTS):
Course type: regular
This course is given in year 1
This course is required to apply to.
Psychopathology - Advanced Statistics I(3 ECTS):
Course type: regular
This course is given in year 1
This course is required to apply to.
Psychopathology - Personality Disorders(4 ECTS):
Course type: regular
This course is given in year 1
This course is required to apply to.
Neuropsychology - Cognitive Development(3 ECTS):
Course type: regular
This course is given in year 1
This course is required to apply to.
Neuropsychology - Stress, the Brain and Depression(4 ECTS):
Course type: regular
This course is given in year 1
This course is required to apply to.
Neuropsychology - Neuropsychological Assessment in Children(1 ECTS):
Course type: regular
This course is given in year 1
This course is required to apply to.
Cognitive Neuroscience - Functional MRI(4 ECTS):
Course type: regular
This course is given in year 1
This course is required to apply to.
Cognitive Neuroscience - Sensory and Motor Systems(4 ECTS):
Course type: regular
This course is given in year 1
This course is required to apply to.
Fundamental Neuroscience - Neuroanatomy(5 ECTS):
Course type: regular
This course is given in year 1
This course is required to apply to.
Fundamental Neuroscience - Neurodegeneration(4 ECTS):
Course type: regular
This course is given in year 1
This course is required to apply to.
Neuropsychology - Arousal and Attention(4 ECTS):
Course type: regular
This course is given in year 1
This course is required to apply to.
Neuropsychology - Ageing(4 ECTS):
Course type: regular
This course is given in year 1
This course is required to apply to.
Psychopathology - Stress and Trauma(4 ECTS):
Course type: regular
This course is given in year 1
This course is required to apply to.
Fundamental Neuroscience - Behavioural Tests and Models(1 ECTS):
Course type: regular
This course is given in year 1
This course is required to apply to.
Cognitive Neuroscience - Neuroanatomy and Neuroradiology(4 ECTS):
Course type: regular
This course is given in year 1
This course is required to apply to.
Cognitive Neuroscience - Advanced Statistics II(3 ECTS):
Course type: regular
This course is given in year 1
This course is required to apply to.
Fundamental Neuroscience - Neuroplasticy and Pain(5 ECTS):
Course type: regular
This course is given in year 1
This course is required to apply to.
Fundamental Neuroscience - Advanced Statistics II(3 ECTS):
Course type: regular
This course is given in year 1
This course is required to apply to.
Neuropsychology - Biopsychology(4 ECTS):
Course type: regular
This course is given in year 1
This course is required to apply to.
Neuropsychology - Advanced Statistics II(3 ECTS):
Course type: regular
This course is given in year 1
This course is required to apply to.
Psychopathology - Somatoform Disorders(4 ECTS):
Course type: regular
This course is given in year 1
This course is required to apply to.
Psychopathology - Advanced Statistics II(3 ECTS):
Course type: regular
This course is given in year 1
This course is required to apply to.
Fundamental Neuroscience - Molecular Genetics(1 ECTS):
Course type: regular
This course is given in year 1
This course is required to apply to.
Cognitive Neuroscience - Advanced FMRI(4 ECTS):
Course type: regular
This course is given in year 1
This course is required to apply to.
Cognitive Neuroscience - Magnetic Brain Stimulations(4 ECTS):
Course type: regular
This course is given in year 1
This course is required to apply to.
Cognitive Neuroscience - Processing with EEG and MEG(4 ECTS):
Course type: regular
This course is given in year 1
This course is required to apply to.
Fundamental Neuroscience - Neurological Neuroscience(5 ECTS):
Course type: regular
This course is given in year 1
This course is required to apply to.
Fundamental Neuroscience - Psychiatric Neuroscience(5 ECTS):
Course type: regular
This course is given in year 1
This course is required to apply to.
Fundamental Neuroscience - Neuroimmunology and Inflammation(5 ECTS):
Course type: regular
This course is given in year 1
This course is required to apply to.
Fundamental Neuroscience - Laboratory Animal Science(3 ECTS):
Course type: regular
This course is given in year 1
This course is required to apply to.
Neuropsychology - Brain, Learning and Memory(3 ECTS):
Course type: regular
This course is given in year 1
This course is required to apply to.
Neuropsychology - Executive Functions and Control of Action(3 ECTS):
Course type: regular
This course is given in year 1
This course is required to apply to.
Neuropsychology - Neuropsychiatric Disorders(3 ECTS):
Course type: regular
This course is given in year 1
This course is required to apply to.
Neuropsychology - Neuropsychopharmacology(3 ECTS):
Course type: regular
This course is given in year 1
This course is required to apply to.
Psychopathology - Developmental Psychopathology(4 ECTS):
Course type: regular
This course is given in year 1
This course is required to apply to.
Psychopathology - Eating Disorders(4 ECTS):
Course type: regular
This course is given in year 1
This course is required to apply to.
Fundamental Neuroscience - Surgery for Intractable Movement and Psychology(1 ECTS):
Course type: regular
This course is given in year 1
This course is required to apply to.
Fundamental Neuroscience - Commercializing Science and Technology(2 ECTS):
Course type: regular
This course is given in year 1
This course is required to apply to.
Fundamental Neuroscience - Epidemiology(1 ECTS):
Course type: regular
This course is given in year 1
This course is required to apply to.
Fundamental Neuroscience - Imaging(2 ECTS):
Course type: regular
This course is given in year 1
This course is required to apply to.
Cognitive Neuroscience - Real Time fMRI and Neurofeedback(1 ECTS):
Course type: regular
This course is given in year 1
This course is required to apply to.
Cognitive Neuroscience - Methods of Deactivation(1 ECTS):
Course type: regular
This course is given in year 1
This course is required to apply to.
Cognitive Neuroscience - Basic Mathematical Methods(2 ECTS):
Course type: regular
This course is given in year 1
This course is required to apply to.
Neuropsychology - Epidemiology(1 ECTS):
Course type: regular
This course is given in year 1
This course is required to apply to.
Neuropsychology - Imaging(2 ECTS):
Course type: regular
This course is given in year 1
This course is required to apply to.
Neuropsychology - Psychopharmacology(1 ECTS):
Course type: regular
This course is given in year 1
This course is required to apply to.
Psychopathology - Epidemiology(1 ECTS):
Course type: regular
This course is given in year 1
This course is required to apply to.
Psychopathology - Imaging(2 ECTS):
Course type: regular
This course is given in year 1
This course is required to apply to.
Psychopathology - Psychopharmacology(1 ECTS):
Course type: regular
This course is given in year 1
This course is required to apply to.
Psychopathology - Mental Health and Happiness(3 ECTS):
Course type: regular
This course is given in year 1
This course is required to apply to.
Psychopathology - The Application of Coginitve Methods in Psychopathology Research(1 ECTS):
Course type: regular
This course is given in year 1
This course is required to apply to.
Cognitive Neuroscience - Neuronal Correlates of Consiousness(4 ECTS):
Course type: regular
This course is given in year 1
This course is optional to apply to.
Psychopathology - Clinical Internship(20 ECTS):
Course type: internship
This course is given in year 2
This course is required to apply to.
Neuropsychology - Clinical Internship(20 ECTS):
Course type: regular
This course is given in year 2
This course is optional to apply to.
Interdisciplinary Research Proposal(3 ECTS):
Course type: regular
This course is given in year 2
This course is required to apply to.
Research Internship(50 ECTS):
Course type: internship
This course is given in year 2
This course is required to apply to.
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Additional language requirements:
- IELTS overall band: 6.5
- TOEFL internet based: 90
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| IELTS Band: | 6.5 |
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade C (Score: 60) |
| TOEFL Internet-based: | 90 |
Accreditation
Accredited by: NVAO in: Netherlands
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