Module PY4840-KP04

Duration

1 Semester

Turnus of offer

each summer semester

Credit points

4

Course of studies, specific fields and terms:

• Master Psychology - Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy 2027, optional subject, psychology
• Master Psychology 2016, optional subject, psychology
• Master Psychology - Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy 2022, optional subject, psychology

Classes and lectures:

• Neuronale und psychologische Grundlagen des gesunden und pathologischen Alterns (Vorlesung) (lecture, 2 SWS)

Workload:

• 60 hours in-classroom work
• 60 hours private studies

Contents of teaching:

• Neural and cognitive basics underlying healthy and pathological aging
• Current and advanced methods in aging research: research designs, experiments, imaging methods (e.g. EEG, fMRI)
• Neural and cognitive changes of healthy aging: neurodegeneration, plasticity, learning and memory
• Neural and cognitive changes of pathological aging: MCI, dementia, Parkinson’s disease
• Applications: prevention, cognitive trainings, lifelong learning

Qualification-goals/Competencies:

• Students acquire knowledge on the neural and cognitive changes of healthy and pathological aging and can critically reflect upon it .
• They will be able to research original literature in order to present, assess and critically discuss it within a group.
• They learn how to develop and prepare own knowledge as part of a scientific manuscript .

Grading through:

• written exam

Responsible for this module:

• Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Nico Bunzeck

Teacher:

• Department of Psychology
• Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Nico Bunzeck

Literature:

• Current original literature will be announced at the event :

Language:

• offered only in German

Notes:

Last Updated:

20.11.2025