Cognitive Neuroscience-Uni

Cognitive neuroscience studies the cognitive and neural basis of mental processes such as perception, action, language, attention and memory. This relatively young discipline seeks to unravel the workings of the human brain. What happens in our brains when we do what we do? How do those billions of nerve cells collaborate in an organ no bigger than half a football? Thanks to brain imaging - a technology for measuring and depicting brain activity - scientists are able to observe the human brain in action. As a result of this revolutionary development this discipline has gained tremendous momentum over the past twenty years. As many already know, cognitive neuroscience is the discipline of the future. Research in the field of cognitive neuroscience is one of the spearheads in the research policy of Radboud University Nijmegen. Scientists from various faculties and top institutes have joined forces within the context of the Donders Graduate School for Cognitive Neuroscience (DGCN) to study the human brain. They closely work together, exchanging expertise and sharing state-of-the-art research equipment. Are you also interested in the human brain? Would you like to conduct research into the workings of the brain and join an enthusiastic, international group of top researchers? Then the DGCN is the place to be with its multi-faculty research Master's programme in Cognitive Neuroscience (MSc CNS). The MSc CNS programme of the DGCN takes two years and is, of course, of a scientific orientation.

Specializations:

	Theme 1: Language and Communication; studies the acquisition, understanding and production of language
	Theme2: Perception, Action and Control; studies basic sensorimotor aspects as well as the cognitive, contextual and social components of perception-action coupling
	Theme 3: Learning, Memory & Plasticity; studies the mechanistic underpinnings and behavioral consequences of long-term changes in neural structure and function
	Theme 4: Brain Networks & Neuronal Communication; studies the interaction between and within groups of neurons, and with the outside world

Requirements:
For every speciality there are certain requirements which can be found under: www.ru.nl/master

General requirements:

English skills
The CNS Master's programme is an English programme: all courses and examinations are taught in English. For the general language requirements of the Radboud University click here. Foreign students please note that the CNS programme requires the following minimum scores: TOEFL: 600 (paper-based test), 250 (computer-based test), 100 (internet-based test); IELTS 7.0 or higher.

Mathematics & Physics
Students who did not follow physics in their highschool curriculum and/or who have not been trained in mathematics at level B (including concepts such as matrix algebra, differentation, integration, complex numbers), are advised before the start of the programme to work on the assignment in Chapters 1, 2, 7, 8 and 11 (three chapters on physics and two on mathematics) of R.K. Hobbie: ''Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology'', Springer Verlag, New York, 1997; third edition, ISBN 1-56396-458-9).

Enrollment Deadline:
Start in September 2012

	for EU residents the application must be received by June 15th 2012
	for non-EU residents the application must be received by May 1st 2012

You are strongly advised to send in your application in time!

More Information:
www.ru.nl
Information on Content:
Telephone: +31 24 361 16 69
E-mail: cns@cns.ru.nl or y.schouten@donders.ru.nl

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Universiteit Utrecht

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