Cognitive Psychology/Neuropsychology – (M.Sc.)

Cognitive psychology and neuropsychology bring together a range of different theoretical frameworks. Cognitive psychological, neuropsychological, neurobiological and computer science approaches can be combined in order to understand how the human mind/brain solves a variety of complex problems, such as recognizing objects, remembering previous experiences, reading, speaking, and reasoning.

The MSc programme will provide an overview and critical evaluation of the major issues, investigative strategies, and empirical findings of recent attempts to integrate these different approaches to 'brain cognition'. We believe Kent offers a distinctive and attractive programme.

Aims and objectives

* To equip students with the skills necessary for careers in cognitive psychology and neuropsychology areas, through the provision of strong theoretical understanding, research skills and experience of working in the different disciplines of cognitive psychology and neuropsychology.
* To enable students to acquire experience and expertise in the design, statistical analysis and evaluation of research in different cognitive psychology and neuropsychology disciplines. Such skills will be of use in disciplines both within and outside cognitive psychology and neuropsychology.
* To increase students' knowledge and understanding of the core areas of concern in cognitive psychology and neuropsychology (such as vision, memory and language). In addition, to increase students' understanding of the practice and significance of interdisciplinary cooperation, and the role of cross-domain constraint satisfaction in furthering scientific discovery in these different areas of cognitive psychology and neuropsychology.
* To equip students with critical and analytical skills in dealing with their own and others' theoretical ideas and empirical research (from a range of disciplines). To enable students to develop their own coherent arguments which they are able to evaluate critically and reconstruct flexibly in the light of their own and others' feedback. To equip them with the ability to communicate these criticisms, analyses, and arguments efficiently through different means of communication (e.g. in written extended essays, orally, or through the use of multimedia presentation techniques).