Module PY3001-KP06

Cognitive-affective neuroscience (KogNeuroBA)


Duration

1 Semester

Turnus of offer

each summer semester

Credit points

6

Course of studies, specific fields and terms:

  • Bachelor Psychology 2027, compulsory, psychology
  • Master Auditory Technology 2022, optional subject, psychology
  • Bachelor Psychology 2020, compulsory, psychology

Classes and lectures:

  • Cognitive and affective neurosciences (seminar, 1 SWS)
  • Cognitive and affective neurosciences (lecture, 2 SWS)

Workload:

  • 45 hours in-classroom work
  • 135 hours private studies

Contents of teaching:

  • Teaching concepts, theories and paradigms of the cognitive-affective neurosciences
  • Acquisition of basic knowledge of the cognitive-affective neurosciences in the fields of attention, memory, learning, cognition, language, motivation and emotion
  • Learning methods for the planning and execution of cognitive-affective neuroscientific experiments
  • Critical evaluation of neuroscientificconcepts and methods of perception, cognition and learning, motivation and emotion

Qualification-goals/Competencies:

  • Students will be able to explain and apply neuroscientific concepts in the areas of perception, cognition, learning, motivation and emotion.
  • They can translate psychological questions into empirical research.
  • They can use your knowledge in neuroscientific research to scientifically judge, think and discuss.
  • They have acquired social competence through discussion skills and knowledge transfer.
  • They have extended their knowledge to include scientific research and working techniques.
  • Theycan structure and communicate newly acquired knowledge yourself.

Grading through:

  • portfolio exam

Responsible for this module:

Teacher:

Literature:

  • Eysenck & Keane : Cognitive Psychology: A student’s handbook Taylor & Francis 2015
  • Gazzaniga, Ivry und Mangun : Cognitive Neuroscience: The Biology of the Mind W. W. Norton & Company
  • Karnath & Thier : Kognitive Neurowissenschaften Springer

Language:

  • offered only in German
  • German and English skills required

Notes:

Admission requirements for the module:
- None

Admission requirements for the examination:
- None

Module examination:
PY3001-L1: Portfolio examination Cognitive and affective neuroscience with a total of 100 points, divided as follows:
- 70 points for written exam (90 min)
- 30 points for completion of seminar tasks

Last Updated:

28.10.2025