LMU Munich, Department Psychology, Unit of General and Experimental Psychology
M.Sc. in Neuro-Cognitive Psychology
Course Description
2015-2016
(provisional)
M.Sc. in Neuro-Cognitive Psychology; Department Psychology, LMU Munich; Leopoldstr. 13, 80802
Munich, Germany; tel: +49-89-2180/72537 email: [email protected]
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Contents'
Foreword!................................................................................................................................................!2!
M.Sc. in Neuro-cognitive Psychology!................................................................................................!3!
Program summary!............................................................................................................................!3!
Integrative and interdisciplinary curriculum!...................................................................................!3!
Evaluation schemes!.........................................................................................................................!4!
Career opportunities!.........................................................................................................................!4!
Useful information!.................................................................................................................................!5!
NCP!administration!.............................................................................................................................!5!
NCP!Contact!and!Information!.............................................................................................................!5!
Attendance!Policy!................................................................................................................................!6!
Research!Project!Regulations!..............................................................................................................!6!
Master!Thesis!Regulations!..................................................................................................................!8!
NCP!Grading!Scheme!...........................................................................................................................!9!
User!Regulations!NCP!Computer!Room!............................................................................................!10!
Doctors!in!Munich!.............................................................................................................................!11!
Opening!Hours!of!Faculty!Building!....................................................................................................!11!
Floor!Plans!Faculty!Building!(Leopoldstr.!44)!....................................................................................!12!
Floor!Plans!Faculty!Building!(Leopoldstr.!13)!....................................................................................!13!
Appendix!1A:!Current!NCP!Curriculum!..............................................................................................!18!
Appendix!1B:!New!(provisional)!NCP!Curriculum!(start:!WS!2015/2016)!.........................................!19!
Appendix!2:!NCP!staff!information!(alphabetic!order)!......................................................................!21!
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Foreword
Dear NCP students,
Let us welcome you to the M.Sc. study program in “Neuro-Cognitive Psychology” (NCP) at
Ludwig Maximilian University (LMU) Munich. We are very pleased that we have been able to
attract a selected group of highly motivated students from a variety of academic backgrounds
and countries.
This Course Guide is designed to help you orient within the program and wider study
environment at the Department of Psychology / LMU Munich. It describes the aims,
objectives, and regulations of the NCP program as well as what resources and facilities are
available to you. The Course Guide should be read in conjunction with the Module Guide
which gives many more details of matters such as individual course contents, aims, time
table, etc.
We wish you a productive, intellectually exciting, and enjoyable first semester.
Thomas Geyer
NCP Course Coordinator
September 2015
Hermann Müller
NCP Director
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M.Sc. in Neuro-cognitive Psychology
Program summary
In October 2004, NCP kicked-off as one of the first programs of its kind in Germany and one
of the very first M.Sc. programs at LMU Munich. Following a two-stage evaluation process
and the funding decision by the Elite Network Bavaria (ENB) in May 2004, NCP was
designed, implemented, and continually developed as a course program that is now firmly
placed within contemporary “Cognitive Neuroscience”. The aim of the four-semester study
program “M.Sc. in Neuro-cognitive Psychology” is to educate a selected population of about
12-14 students per annum (recruited world-wide) both methodologically and conceptually in
this brain science-oriented discipline of psychology, providing an education (see Appendix 1)
that is competitive with the best international programs. The aim of the first two semesters is
to transfer, in an optimally structured, broad curriculum, state-of-the-art basic-science
knowledge. Subsequently, the second part of the program provides students with the
opportunity to specialize and deepen their knowledge in particular focus areas. To realize
this broad curriculum, NCP usually invites external colleagues from a variety of disciplines
(see Appendix 2), including (besides biological, developmental, and neuro-psychology)
biology, psychiatry, neurology, philosophy, mathematics (neuro-computational modeling),
etc. This also means that the courses are scheduled to suit our external contributors’
availability (most of whom contributed their teaching on a voluntary basis, over and above
their contractual teaching obligations). This makes it necessary to allow for a degree of
freedom, such as delivering some modules as block courses, sometimes scheduled on
weekends.
It is worth noting that, right from its inception, NCP was designed as a “network” program,
with some 45% of the courses being contributed by external colleagues sympathetic to
“neuro-cognitive psychology”. The current NCP teaching network (see webpage of NCP:
www.psy.lmu.de/ncp) comprises of an (inter- / national teaching community numbering more
than 50 colleagues: approximately 50% of them are based at the LMU (faculties of
psychology / educational sciences, biology, and medicine) and the remaining 50% at
renowned national and international universities (including TU Munich, faculties of medicine
and mechanical engineering; Harvard University, USA; University of Oxford, UK; University
College London, UK, etc.). Maintaining and further enhancing this network – for instance, to
reflect new developments in cognitive neuroscience – is an essential feature of NCP.
Integrative and interdisciplinary curriculum
In terms of contents, the program covers central functions across the whole “perceptioncognition-action loop”: perception, attention, executive control, learning and memory, and
motor control, as well as interactions among these functions. Importantly, these functions are
approached not simply from a psychological, but from an integrative neuroscientific
perspective. That is, in NCP, cognitive functions are inherently considered with reference to
their implementation in the brain and how this can be revealed by advanced neuroscientific
techniques. Thus, with regard to the latter, in addition to courses on “behavioral” techniques
such as psychophysics and mental chronometry, the curriculum comprises of hands-on
courses on all relevant cognitive-neuroscience techniques: EEG (including the analysis of
event-related potentials / oscillatory activity), TMS (including its combination with EEG),
fMRI, and neuropsychology (i.e., drawing inferences about functional brain anatomy based
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on the investigation of neuro-psychological / -psychiatric patients). Besides basic-science
courses, the program also includes – and has done so right from its inception – modules
concerned with philosophical issues, enabling students to address, for instance, ethical
questions arising from experimental neuroscience and / or the application of new
neuroscientific methods. In a similar vein, the NCP curriculum also incorporates relatively
novel courses that are intended to foster students’ ability for assessing (“evaluating”) the
quality of published cognitive-neuroscience studies, in addition to students becoming able to
present and critically discuss original research articles (the relevant course formats being
tutorials and scientific debating club seminars). Finally, applying basic-science knowledge
acquired in the various courses in hands-on research is afforded by two research projects,
each 7 weeks in duration, in the lecture breaks between the first / second and the second /
third semester. With reference to research projects, it is also worth noting that in our weekly
research seminars (i.e., colloquium), students have the opportunity to meet international
guest speakers (who provide an overview of their very latest work) and discuss potential
research projects and / or the possibility for Ph.D. work at the speakers’ labs. In this way,
NCP also serves one important aspect in science: network-building.
Evaluation schemes
As an integral part of our teaching delivery, NCP includes an advanced course evaluation
scheme. One part of this scheme consists of the standardized, quantitative and qualitative,
assessment by the students of all lectures, tutorials, seminars, debating clubs, methodology
courses, and lab-based work modules at the end of each semester; the second part is the
discussion of the evaluation results in “feedback” meetings at the start of each term, at which
the students and lecturers meet face-to-face. Students’ constructive feedback over the years
has been invaluable for us to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the curriculum, and
implement changes accordingly.
Career opportunities
Since the establishment of NCP in 2004, a growing number of prospective students have
applied to the program (9 cohorts in the period 2004-2012: n=976 applications, with 67% by
female applicants and 65% applicants from abroad; of these, n=166 students were selected,
with 65% being female and 49% being international students). Noteworthy, within one year
after graduating, each student has published 1.2 articles, on average, in peer-reviewed
scientific journals (usually based on research projects and the M.Sc. thesis) and a large
majority of the NCP graduates (83%) continue with their education by embarking on doctoral
studies (43% in Munich, i.e., LMU / TU; 22% at other German universities and 18% at
international universities). The last point also hints to another essential feature of NCP:
strengthening the links between education at the M.Sc. and Ph.D. levels – which, at the LMU
Munich, has now been “institutionalized” within the framework of the LMU-excellent
“Graduate School of Systemic Neuroscience” (GSN-LMU). Currently, we are about renewing
our M.Sc. study and examination guidelines according to the Bologna Process Guidelines
(see particularly Appendix 1B) and installing a NCP fast-track option (in line with our “M.Sc.
in Neuroscience” sister program).
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Useful information
NCP'administration'
!
Program Director
Senior Administrator
Administrative Coordinator
Secretary to Teaching-and-ExaminationCommittee
Secretary to Student-Staff Exchange
Committee
NCP Course Coordinator
Prof. Dr. Hermann J. Müller
Leopoldstr. 13 (room 3212)
80802 München
Phone: +49 (89) 2180-5327 / -5212
Email: [email protected]
Heinz-Gerd Gilbers
Leopoldstr. 13 (room 3214)
80802 München
Phone: +49 (89) 2180-5212
Fax: +49 (89) 2180-5211
Email: [email protected]
M.Sc. Nadine Gögler
Leopoldstr. 44 (room 516)
80802 München
Postal address: Leopoldstr. 13, 80802
München
Phone: +49 (89) 2180 72537
Email: [email protected]
PD Dr. Kathrin Finke
Leopoldstr. 44 (room 509)
80802 München
Phone: +49 (89) 2180-72520
Email: [email protected]
PD Dr. Markus Conci
Leopoldstr. 44 (room 508)
80802 München
Phone: +49 (89) 2180-72523
Email: [email protected]
PD Dr. Thomas Geyer
Leopoldstr. 13 (room 3217)
80802 München
Phone: +49 (89) 2180-5216
Email: [email protected]
NCP'Contact'and'Information'
Website: http://www.psy.lmu.de/ncp/
Mail: [email protected]
NCP letter box: Leopoldstr. 13, room 3214 (office of Heinz-Gerd Gilbers)
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Attendance'Policy'
Regular attendance of all obligatory NCP courses is a course requirement. Students who
miss more than two sessions without valid reason cannot be admitted to the examination.
Valid reasons are illness (medical certificate), unforeseeable events not under a student’s
control (e.g., breakdown of public transport system) and agreed absences for research
purposes, if a student maintains an on-going involvement in an NCP-related research project
(prior agreement must be obtained from the NCP Program Director or Co-Director).
The recognition of further reasons as valid is considered an exceptional case indeed.
Recognition must be obtained in advance from the NCP Program Director or Co-Director. For
this, a written note detailing the reason for a planned absence has to be submitted to the
NCP Coordinator.
If a student misses more than two sessions in a course without valid reasons, or comes
consistently late to the sessions, s/he will be assigned extra work. In addition s/he is in
danger of not being admitted to the examination at the end of the course.
Research'Project'Regulations'
You will have to complete a Research Project over a 7+1 week period during the semester
breaks after the first and second semester, which should consist of super-vised experimental
and/or computational work on a current research issue, documented by a project report in
the format of a scientific publication.
Students should work full-time on their project during the first seven weeks. The eighth
week should be reserved for the supervised preparation of the written report with a
length of approximately 5000 words. Please note that while the project report should have
the format of a scientific publication, we do not expect the quality of a publishable manuscript
- this simply cannot be achieved within a week. Students will receive 10 credit points for their
project work/ scientific report. In addition, each project will be presented as a poster on a
NCP-student conference at the end of the respective next term (please ensure that your
supervisors are fine with this).
Towards the end of the semester we will send you suggestions/ opportunities for available
research projects. You can either pick a project from this list, or you can organise the project
by yourself (but see below for conditions). You can do both re-search projects, and/ or your
Master Thesis with the same supervisor in the same project. However, each research project
must be a separable piece of work, which can be finished within the 7+1 week period.
The project has to be supervised by at least one (optional two) supervisor(s). Please make
sure that at least one supervisor of the project is an NCP lecturer or cooperating with
NCP (see whole list on http://www.psy.lmu.de/ncp/faculty/index.html) holding a PhD. Both
supervisors together should agree on the final evaluation of the project.
The first research project (after the first semester) has to be conducted within an institution
of the NCP network and within Munich (or close to Munich). Thus, only institutions close to
Munich listed on http://www.psy.lmu.de/ncp/faculty/index.html (excluding “Former
Cooperating Partners”) are available. Only the second research project (after the second
semester) can be conducted abroad or in an institution not directly related to NCP.
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If you are interested in the research of a particular NCP member and would like to do the
project in his/ her lab, we recommend contacting the NCP member as soon as possible. This
allows a much better preparation and customisation of the project to your needs and
interests.
If you are interested in a research project abroad or far from Munich, the easiest way is to
conduct it in an institution of an NCP-associate from the list
(http://www.psy.lmu.de/ncp/faculty/index.html). Alternatively, you can ask NCP-associates
from Munich whether they can help you find an eligible host institution. Conducting the
research project at an institution not associated with NCP requires that the NCPsupervisor has an existing collaboration with the host institution. This is for instance
expressed by our expectation that the NCP supervisor is typically a co-author if a scientific
publication arises from the project. It is not possible that you pick an institution and then ask
an NCP-associate whether he would be a pro-forma supervisor. Such projects will be
rejected at the time of formal registration.
Before you can start the research project, you have to formally register it using a form
provided later during the semester. The form is filled out by you and the super-visor. It is your
responsibility that we receive the form in time. The filled out form should be signed by your
supervisors and yourself, and then faxed/ handed in to the NCP office. It is possible to hand
in several (identical) agreements, separately signed by the supervisors and yourself (e.g., if
one supervisor is abroad).
The exact dates and deadlines (see below) of the research projects may vary, but this
information should give you a rough idea about the schedule: A list about possible research
projects will be sent out roughly one month before the term ends. Then you have two weeks
to pick a project and submit the registration form. The earliest starting date for the research
project is always the first day of the semester break. Then you should work 7 weeks on the
projects, and write the report during the 8th week. Thus, the project duration is fixed for 8
weeks (but note that it can be split, e.g. if you or your supervisor is on holiday).
Please arrange with your supervisor(s) in advance, whether they can provide the
project evaluation in time (see below). Opposed to previous years, we have to stick strictly
to the deadline, since the examination office (Prüfungsamt) does not accept late deliveries
any longer. Thus, in your own interest please ensure that your project and report can be
evaluated by the given deadlines.
At the end of the project supervisors will evaluate each of the following items: autonomy in
realisation of given tasks, efficiency in assessing/ collecting data, attendance/ compliance
with deadlines, autonomy in data analysis, autonomy in the interpretation of results, written
report (theoretical part, description of methods, presentation of the results, level of the
discussion, format and style), overall student’s involvement/ motivation. These aspects result
in a final grade awarded for the project.
Registration deadlines for Research Projects:
Research Project I: 15th January
Research Project II: 30th June
Submission deadlines for Research Projects:
Copies of the report must be submitted to the respective supervisor(s) (hard copy) and to
the NCP office (electronic version) no later than:
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Research Project I: 2016: 11th April; 2017: 24th April;
Research Project II: 2015: 12th October; 2016: 17th October;
For supervisors, an evaluation form including instructions will be made available and
should be returned to the NCP office no later than:
Research Project I: 2016: 25th April; 2017: 7th May;
Research Project II: 2015: 26th October; 2016: 31st October;
If you have any questions, please contact Markus Conci ([email protected]).
Master'Thesis'Regulations!
Please note that the Master Thesis regulations refer strongly to the research project
regulations. Hence, it might be recommendable to read through the research project
guidelines before reading on.
The Master Thesis projects have to be carried out at an NCP lab (research group within the
NCP teaching network) or at an external lab/ institution in cooperation with a NCP lab.
Due to formal reasons the first supervisor must be a professor or PD (i.e., "Privatdozent")
and must come from the NCP teaching network (i.e., s/he gave courses in NCP). 'External'
Master Thesis projects can be carried out only in labs with already existing cooperation
with NCP (e.g., the NCP-supervisor has an existing collaboration with the host institution).
According to the Examination Guidelines, the Master Thesis project is strongly
recommended to start no later than 31st March in order to enable the student to finish the
Master Thesis within the mandatory period of six months till 30th September (end of
semester). In view of early registration deadlines for PhD programs, we recommend to
start the thesis project earlier: 28th February until 28th August.
The Master Thesis project should consist of supervised experimental and/ or computational
work on a current research issue, documented by a thesis in the format of a journal article
(approximately 15000 words). The Master Thesis project will conclude with a written
evaluation of the students' performance. An evaluation (“Gutachten”) should be returned
to the Examination Office (contact person: Ms. Vurnek) no later than six weeks after
the Master Thesis submission deadline, which is supposed to be 15th October at the
latest. Please ensure that your supervisors are able to keep this deadline for project
evaluation.
Three hard copies of the Master Thesis report have to be submitted to the Examination
Office till the submission deadline, 28th August. Two copies will be sent to the supervisors
for evaluation. Furthermore, an electronic version of the Master Thesis has to be submitted
to the NCP office for archival storage ([email protected]).
Please register the Master Thesis project till 15th February at the latest. A Master
Thesis registration form (see NCP webpage for download) must be signed by the student
and both supervisors, and submitted to the NCP office.
If you have any questions, please contact the NCP coordinator: Nadine Gögler (room 516;
[email protected]).
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NCP'Grading'Scheme'
Grade
Mark
% Correct
A
0.7
1.0
1.3
94,4 – 100
88,6 – 94,3
83,0 – 88,5
B
1.7
2.0
2.3
76,3 – 82,9
69,6 – 76,2
63,0 – 69,5
C
2.7
3.0
3.3
56,6 – 62,9
50,3 – 56,5
44,0 – 50,2
D
3.7
4.0
38,6 – 43,9
33,3 – 38,5
Failed
5
< 33,3
Submission deadline for NCP course grades (for Lecturers and Tutors):
Winter Semester: 15th March (exception: grades Research Project I ! see above p. 8)
Summer Semester: 15th Sept. (exception: grades Research Project II ! see above p. 8)
To lecturers/ tutors: Please send course grades by email to NCP administration (Nadine
Gögler; [email protected])
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User'Regulations'NCP'Computer'Room'
Disclaimer: Please note that the following guidelines have been compiled for your
convenience. The complete version of the official document “Usage Regulations for the
Information Processing Systems of the Leibniz-Rechenzentrum (LRZ) of the Bavarian
Academy of Sciences” can be found under: http://www.lrz-muenchen.de/
wir/regelwerk/benutzungsrichtlinien_en/.
Regulations:
1. All the general usage regulations of the LRZ (above reference) fully apply to the NCP
computer room in Leopoldstr. 44 (room 511).
2. Only NCP members are allowed to access the NCP computer room. Regular LMU
students can make use of the computers situated in Leopoldstr. 13.
3. The room can be freely accessed by NCP members Mon. to Fri. from 8 am to 8 pm,
provided no classes are taking place.
4. If the room is locked when you arrive, enter the provided access code to open the
door. The last person to leave the room must re-enter the code to lock the door
before leaving.
5. Food and beverage consumption, as well as smoking are strictly prohibited in the
NCP computer room.
6. Information stored on the local hard disk will be erased at regular intervals without
warning. Please use external devices or your user network drive to securely save
your data.
7. The unauthorized installation of any type of software, as well as the execution of
programs downloaded from the internet is strictly forbidden.
8. NCP students are encouraged to maximize the use of the computer room during the
opening hours. Seminars, courses, video and film projections organized by the
students can also be arranged.
9. Disregarding of any of the user regulations will derive in sanctions ranging from
access banning to legal prosecution (read paragraph 7 of the general official
regulations in the document referenced above).
Contact persons in matters related to the computer room, installed software, and / or
hardware:
Thomas Geyer
Bernhard Schlagbauer
Phone: +49 (89) 2180-5216
Phone: +49 (89) 2180-16587
Email: [email protected]
Email: [email protected]
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Doctors'in'Munich'
General Practitioners:
Dr. Stephan Guggenbichler and Dr. Katrin Hoehne (both speak English, German, and Italian)
Frauenstr. 17 80469 Munich
Tel. 089 29 99 52
www.beinsprechstunde.de
Oculist:
Dr. Weidlich (speaks German and English)
Blumenstr. 1 80331 Munich
Tel. 089 26 62 82
Gynecologists:
Dr. Thomas Kaestner (speaks German and Italian) Dr Grit Fisser (speaks German and
English)
Zweibrueckenstr. 6 80331 Munich
Tel. 089 22 37 87 www.dottkaestner.de
Dentist:
The Munich Dental Clinic Trautenwolf Str. 8 80802 Munich Germany
http://www.the-munich-dental-clinic.com/treatments/index.htm
The following website allows you to search for an emergency dentist during weekends,
holidays, and even evenings: http://www.notdienst-zahn.de/
Opening'Hours'of'Faculty'Building'
Opening hours of the main faculty building (Leopoldstr. 13, main entrance):
During semester:
Mon - Fri
Sat
7 am - 10 pm
9 am - 5 pm
During semester break:
Mon - Fri
7 am - 8:15 pm
Sat
9 am - 5 pm
Opening hours of the faculty library (Leopoldstr. 13):
Mon - Thu
Fri
Sat
9 am - 8 pm
9 am - 6 pm
9 am - 4 pm
Checking books out or returning books is only possible
Mon. - Fri.
Fri.
9 am - 6 pm and
9 am - 4 pm
Opening hours of the CIP-Pool (Leopoldstr. 44)
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Floor'Plans'Faculty'Building'(Leopoldstr.'44)'
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Floor'Plans'Faculty'Building'(Leopoldstr.'13)'
It may take a while for you to find your way inside these pink buildings. Corners are rarely
rectangular, and that can have an impact on your ability to keep your “home vector” up to
date. To help you out, here are the floor layouts for all the floors.
Always remember the room numbering scheme: The first digit hints to the house number, the
second digit to the floor number, so
Room 3232 means:
3
2
32
3rd house 2nd floor room 32
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1st floor (seminar rooms are green):
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2nd floor (seminar rooms are green):
15
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3rd floor (seminar rooms are green):
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4th floor (seminar rooms are grey):
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Course B
Basic neurosciences 1 (lecture and
tutorial)
4
6
Course C
Classical psychological methods 1:
reaction time and psychophysical
methods (lecture and tutorial)
2
5
Course D
Neuro-cognitive methods 1: EEG
and ERP methodology (lecture and
tutorial)
2
5
Course Y
Colloquium
2
Lab rotation
Research Project 1
Course F
Course G
Course H
Course I
Course Z
2
Colloquium
2
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Basic neuro-cognitive psychology 2
(lecture and tutorial)
Basic neurosciences 2 (lecture and
tutorial)
Classical psychological methods 2:
developmental neurosciences
(lecture and tutorial)
Neuro-cognitive methods 2:
neuropsychological and
neuropsychiatric assessment
(lecture and tutorial)
Scientific debating club seminar 1
2
Colloquium
2
SWH
6
Semester 4 (SS)
ECTS
4
ECTS
Neuro-cognitive psychology 1
(lecture and tutorial)
Semester 3 (WS)
SWH
SWH
Course A
Semester 2 (SS)
ECTS
Semester 1 (WS)
SWH
Course
name
ECTS
Appendix(1A:(Current(NCP(Curriculum((
2
Colloquium
2
2
10
4
6
4
6
4
5
4
5
2
4
Scientific debating club seminar 2
2
4
Course K
Basic neuro-cognitive research
4
8
Course L
Clinical neuro-cognitive research
4
8
Course M
Applied neuro-cognitive research
4
8
Course N
Neuro-cognitive methods 3:
functional magnetic resonance
imaging
4
6
Master
Abbreviations: WS – winter semester; SS – summer semester; SWH – Semester Weekly Hours; ECTS: European Credit Transfer System points
Master Thesis
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(
Module 3: Neurosciences I (course
B)
Module 4: Neuro-cognitive
methods I (course C)
Module 5: Neuro-cognitive
methods II (course D)
Module 6: Research project 1
Module 7: Neuro-cognitive
psychology II (course F)
Module 8: Neurosciences II (course
G)
Module 9: Neuro-cognitive
methods III (course I)
3
Colloquium neuro-cognitive
psychology 1
2
3
Fundamentals in neurosciences
2
2
Advanced functional neuroanatomy
1
1
2
2
4
4
2
2
2
4
Reaction time and psychophysical
methods (lecture)
Reaction time and psychophysical
methods (tutorial)
EEG and ERP methodology
(lecture)
EEG and ERP methodology
(tutorial)
Research project 1 (within Munich
research network)
Colloquium neuro-cognitive
psychology 1
2
3
Advanced neuro-cognitive
psychology 1 (lecture)
2
3
Advanced neuro-cognitive
psychology 1 (tutorial)
2
3
Neuropsychiatry, computational
neuroscience, and
neurophilosophy (lecture)
2
3
Neuropsychiatry, computational
neuroscience, and
neurophilosophy (tutorial)
2
3
2
2
2
4
2
3
6
Neuropsychological and
neuropsychiatric assessment
(lecture)
Neuropsychological and
neuropsychiatric assessment
(tutorial)
Module 10: Debate club (course Z)
Scientific debating club seminar
Module 11: Research Project 2
Research project 2 (within Munich
6
ECTS
2
Semester 4 (SS)
SWH
Basic neuro-cognitive psychology 1
(tutorial)
ECTS
3
Semester 3 (WS)
SWH
2
ECTS
Module 2: Colloquium I (course Y)
Basic neuro-cognitive psychology 1
(lecture)
Semester 2 (SS)
SWH
Module 1: Neuro-cognitive
psychology I (course A)
Semester 1 (WS)
ECTS
Module name
SWH
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4
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6
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[3]
2
[3]
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Advanced EEG signal analysis
Obligatory module
Module 15:Colloquium II (course Y)
Module 16: Neuro-cognitive
methods V (course N)
Developmental Neurosciences –
Eyetracking
Colloquium neuro-cognitive
psychology 2
Functional magnetic resonance
imaging: Theory, design and
analysis (lecture)
Functional magnetic resonance
imaging: Theory, design and
analysis (tutorial)
Module 17: Master Thesis
Abbreviations: WS – winter semester; SS – summer semester; SWH – Semester Weekly Hours; ECTS: European Credit Transfer System points
Colloquium neuro-cognitive
psychology 2
Master Thesis
ECTS
2
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
(lecture)
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
(ltutorial))
Experimental psychology /
computational neurosciences
Neuropsychology / neuropsychiatry
/ biological psychology
Semester 4 (SS)
SWH
ECTS
SWH
Semester 3 (WS)
ECTS
Module 13: Neuro-cognitive
research 1 (course K)
Module 14: Neuro-cognitive
research 2 (course M)
Semester 2 (SS)
SWH
Module 12: Neuro-cognitive
methods IV (course L)
Semester 1 (WS)
ECTS
Module name
SWH
or inter- / national NCP research
network)
2
3
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Appendix(2:(NCP(staff(information((alphabetic(order)(
Member of staff
Address
Email
Research interests
Prof. Dr.
George Boyan
Großhaderner Str. 2
(Faculty of Biology,
LMU Munich)
[email protected]
Developmental neurobiology; Neuroethology
PD Dr. Markus
Conci
Leopoldstr. 44
(Faculty of
Psychology /
Educational
Sciences,
room 508)
[email protected]
Vision - Attention – Memory;
Visual Search; Attentional Blink; Grouping & Perceptual Organization; Object
Hierarchies and Global Precedence; Binding-by-Synchrony; Contextual Cueing;
Intertrial Priming; Working Memory and Change Detection Attention
Prof. Dr.
Heiner Deubel
Leopoldstr. 13
(Faculty of
Psychology /
Educational
Sciences,
room 5208)
[email protected]
Visual attention and action control; Eye movements; Space perception; Visual
memory
PD Dr. Kathrin
Finke
Leopoldstr. 44
(Faculty of
Psychology /
Educational
Sciences,
room 509)
[email protected]
Impairments of visual, attentional, and working memory functions in neurological
and neuropsychiatric diseases; Neuropsychological assessment based on the
„theory of visual attention (TVA); Normal and pathological neuro-cognitive
aging; Cognitive enhancement
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Dr. Virginia L.
Flanagin
Marchionistr. 23
(Faculty of Medicine,
LMU Munich)
[email protected]
Spatial navigation and memory: the differential role the hippocampus plays in
these two processes, and individual differences in behavior; Magnitude
estimation: the systematic errors that are made in sensory perception
integration and the mechanisms behind these processes; Neuro-imaging (MRI)
analysis methods and computational modelling of signal processing and
connectivity.
Prof. Dr. Hans
Förstl
Ismaninger Str. 22
(Faculty of Medicine,
TU Munich)
[email protected]
Brain mechanisms of psychiatric disorders (Alzheimer’s disease, depression,
schizophrenia)
PD Dr.
Thomas Geyer
Leopoldstr. 13
(Faculty of
Psychology /
Educational
Sciences,
room 3217)
[email protected]
Visual attention; Visual search; Perceptual learning
Prof. Dr.
Stefan
Glasauer
Marchionistr. 23
(Faculty of Medicine,
LMU Munich)
[email protected]
Mathematical and computational modelling (Computational Neuroscience);
Visual and vestibular stimulation; Psychophysics of spatial orientation and
navigation; Neurophysiology of eye movements; Functional magnetic resonance
imaging (fMRI)
M.Sc. Nadine
Gögler
Leopoldstr. 44
(Faculty of
Psychology /
Educational
Sciences,
room 516)
[email protected]
Neuropsychological assessment of attentional functions, based on the 'theory of
visual attention' (TVA); Alteration of attention functions in neuropsychological
disorders and neurodegenerative diseases; research methods: Transcranial
direct current stimulation/ galvanic vestibular stimulation, fMRI
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Prof. Dr.
Hermann
Müller
Leopoldstr. 13
(Faculty of
Psychology /
Educational
Sciences,
room 3212)
[email protected]
Visual attention: relationship among space-, object- and dimension-based
mechanisms, and between pre-attentive and focal attentional processes of
visual selection; Visual search: memory-based guidance of singleton feature
and feature conjunction searches; Functional neuro-imaging (EEG, fMRI),
neuropsychology, and computational modelling of (dimension-based) visual
attention; Temporal feature-object binding: role of visual attention in binding
Prof. Dr.
Markus Paulus
Leopoldstr. 13
(Faculty of
Psychology /
Educational
Sciences,
room 3424)
[email protected]
Early development of social understanding and social learning (esp. imitation) in
early childhood; Development of prosocial behavior in typically and atypically
developing children; Metacognition and theory-of-mind; Development of
cooperation and joint action
PD Dr. Dragan
Rangelov
Leopoldstr. 13
(Faculty of
Psychology /
Educational
Sciences,
room 2107)
[email protected]
Interactions between visual attention, executive functions, and memory;
Neurophysiological correlates of cognitive processing; Modelling mechanisms of
information processing
Prof. Dr. Paul
Sauseng
Leopoldstr. 13
(Faculty of
Psychology /
Educational
Sciences,
room 3118)
[email protected]
Psychophysiology of human short-term memory; Visual attention; Behavioural
and cognitive inhibition; central executive functions; Functional role of oscillatory
brain activity; Electroencephalography (EEG), transcranial magnetic stimulation
(TMS) and transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)
Prof. Dr.
Thomas
Schenk
Leopoldstr. 13
(Faculty of
Psychology /
Educational
Sciences,
room 3120)
[email protected]
Neural basis of sensorimotor function and perception; Diagnosis and treatment
of perception disorders; Mental disorders related to neurological diseases;
research methods: psychophysics, motion analysis, eye tracking etc.
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PD Dr.
Zhuanghua
Shi
Leopoldstr. 13
(Faculty of
Psychology /
Educational
Sciences,
room 5210)
[email protected]
Time perception; Multisensory perception and action; crossmodal attention;
multimodal telepresence;
Dr. Christian
Sorg
Ismaningerstr. 22
(Faculty of Medicine,
TU Munich)
[email protected]
Brain connectivity changes in psychiatric disorders i.e. Alzheimer’s disease,
Schizophrenia, and Major Depression; Model-based analysis of psychiatric
symptoms such as attention or emotion learning deficits
Prof. Dr. Paul
Taylor
Leopoldstr. 13,
Faculty of Psychology
/ Educational
Sciences,
room 3209
[email protected]
Neural bases of perception, attention, intention; Transcranial Magnetic
Stimulation (TMS), combined TMS-ERP; fMRI
PD Dr.
Thomas
Töllner
Leopoldstr. 13
(Faculty of
Psychology /
Educational
Sciences,
room 3209)
[email protected]
The Interplay between Top-down, Bottom-up, and Intertrial Biases in Visual,
Crossmodal, and Memory Search; Dimensional Weighting and Attentional
Capture; The Performer's Focus of Attention & Motor Learning; RT
Decomposition via Lateralized Brain Responses (PCN, CDA, LRP); Single Trial
and Independent Component Analysis of EEG Dynamics
PD Dr. Ralph
Weidner
Wilhelm-JohnenStraße
(Forschunsgzentrum
Jülich, 52428 Jülich)
[email protected]
Interaction of top-down and bottom-up processes in the human brain; Functional
neuroanatomy of visual attention; Neural representation of visual illusions
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PD Dr.
Agnieszka
Wykowska
Leopoldstr. 44
(Faculty of
Psychology /
Educational
Sciences,
room 510)
[email protected]
Action-related bias of perception; Top-down modulation in early visual
processing; Time perception; Social Neuroscience; EEG/ERP methodology
PD Dr.
Michael
Zehetleitner
Leopoldstr. 13
(Faculty of
Psychology /
Educational
Sciences,
room 5210)
[email protected]
Neuro-cognitive mechanisms of selective attention; guidance of attention based
on environmental features and intention; visual consciousness; models of visual
search