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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]

Neuro-Cognitive Psychology Course Guide (provisional) 1

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 Hermann Müller NCP Course Coordinator NCP Director September 2015


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 “perception-cognition-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


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).


Useful information NCP'administration'!Program Director Prof. Dr. Hermann J. Müller

Leopoldstr. 13 (room 3212) 80802 München Phone: +49 (89) 2180-5327 / -5212 Email: [email protected]

Senior Administrator Heinz-Gerd Gilbers Leopoldstr. 13 (room 3214) 80802 München Phone: +49 (89) 2180-5212 Fax: +49 (89) 2180-5211 Email: [email protected]

Administrative Coordinator M.Sc. Nadine Gögler Leopoldstr. 44 (room 516) 80802 München Postal address: Leopoldstr. 13, 80802 München Phone: +49 (89) 2180 72537 Email: [email protected]

Secretary to Teaching-and-Examination-Committee

PD Dr. Kathrin Finke Leopoldstr. 44 (room 509) 80802 München Phone: +49 (89) 2180-72520 Email: [email protected]

Secretary to Student-Staff Exchange Committee

PD Dr. Markus Conci Leopoldstr. 44 (room 508) 80802 München Phone: +49 (89) 2180-72523 Email: [email protected]

NCP Course Coordinator 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.


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 NCP-supervisor 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:


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 Phone: +49 (89) 2180-5216 Email: [email protected]

Bernhard Schlagbauer Phone: +49 (89) 2180-16587 Email: [email protected]


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 7 am - 10 pm Sat 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 9 am - 8 pm Fri 9 am - 6 pm Sat 9 am - 4 pm Checking books out or returning books is only possible Mon. - Fri. 9 am - 6 pm and Fri. 9 am - 4 pm Opening hours of the CIP-Pool (Leopoldstr. 44)


Mon - Fri 8 am to 8 pm

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


1st floor (seminar rooms are green):


2nd floor (seminar rooms are green):


3rd floor (seminar rooms are green):


4th floor (seminar rooms are grey):


Appendix(1A:(Current(NCP(Curriculum((

Course name Semester 1 (WS)

SW

H

EC

TS

Semester 2 (SS)

SW

H

EC

TS

Semester 3 (WS)

SW

H

EC

TS

Semester 4 (SS)

SW

H

EC

TS

Course A Neuro-cognitive psychology 1 (lecture and tutorial) 4 6

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 2 Colloquium 2 2 Colloquium 2 2 Colloquium 2 2

Lab rotation Research Project 1 10 Research Project 2 10

Course F Basic neuro-cognitive psychology 2 (lecture and tutorial) 4 6

Course G Basic neurosciences 2 (lecture and tutorial) 4 6

Course H Classical psychological methods 2: developmental neurosciences (lecture and tutorial)

4 5

Course I

Neuro-cognitive methods 2: neuropsychological and neuropsychiatric assessment (lecture and tutorial)

4 5

Course Z Scientific debating club seminar 1 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 Master Thesis 30 Abbreviations: WS – winter semester; SS – summer semester; SWH – Semester Weekly Hours; ECTS: European Credit Transfer System points


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Appendix(1B:(New((provisional)(NCP(Curriculum((start:(WS(2016/2017)(

Module name Semester 1 (WS)

SW

H

EC

TS

Semester 2 (SS)

SW

H

EC

TS

Semester 3 (WS)

SW

H

EC

TS

Semester 4 (SS)

SW

H

EC

TS

Module 1: Neuro-cognitive psychology I (course A)

Basic neuro-cognitive psychology 1 (lecture) 2 3

Basic neuro-cognitive psychology 1 (tutorial) 2 3

Module 2: Colloquium I (course Y) Colloquium neuro-cognitive psychology 1 2 3 Colloquium neuro-cognitive

psychology 1 2 3

Module 3: Neurosciences I (course B)

Fundamentals in neurosciences 2 2

Advanced functional neuroanatomy 1 1

Module 4: Neuro-cognitive methods I (course C)

Reaction time and psychophysical methods (lecture) 2 2

Reaction time and psychophysical methods (tutorial) 4 4

Module 5: Neuro-cognitive methods II (course D)

EEG and ERP methodology (lecture) 2 2

EEG and ERP methodology (tutorial) 2 4

Module 6: Research project 1 Research project 1 (within Munich research network) 6

Module 7: Neuro-cognitive psychology II (course F)

Advanced neuro-cognitive psychology 1 (lecture) 2 3

Advanced neuro-cognitive psychology 1 (tutorial) 2 3

Module 8: Neurosciences II (course G)

Neuropsychiatry, computational neuroscience, and neurophilosophy (lecture)

2 3

Neuropsychiatry, computational neuroscience, and neurophilosophy (tutorial)

2 3

Module 9: Neuro-cognitive methods III (course I)

Neuropsychological and neuropsychiatric assessment (lecture)

2 2

Neuropsychological and neuropsychiatric assessment (tutorial)

2 4

Module 10: Debate club (course Z) Scientific debating club seminar 2 3 Module 11: Research Project 2 Research project 2 (within Munich 6


or inter- / national NCP research network)

Module name Semester 1 (WS)

SW

H

EC

TS

Semester 2 (SS)

SW

H

EC

TS

Semester 3 (WS)

SW

H

EC

TS

Semester 4 (SS)

SW

H

EC

TS

Module 12: Neuro-cognitive methods IV (course L)

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (lecture) 2 2

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (ltutorial)) 2 4

Module 13: Neuro-cognitive research 1 (course K) Experimental psychology /

computational neurosciences 4 6

Module 14: Neuro-cognitive research 2 (course M) Neuropsychology / neuropsychiatry

/ biological psychology 4 6

Obligatory module Advanced EEG signal analysis 2 [3]

Developmental Neurosciences – Eyetracking 2 [3]

Module 15:Colloquium II (course Y) Colloquium neuro-cognitive psychology 2 2 3 Colloquium neuro-cognitive

psychology 2 2 3

Module 16: Neuro-cognitive methods V (course N)

Functional magnetic resonance imaging: Theory, design and analysis (lecture)

2 2

Functional magnetic resonance imaging: Theory, design and analysis (tutorial)

2 4

Module 17: Master Thesis Master Thesis 27

Abbreviations: WS – winter semester; SS – summer semester; SWH – Semester Weekly Hours; ECTS: European Credit Transfer System points


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


[email protected] Visual attention and action control; Eye movements; Space perception; Visual memory

PD Dr. Kathrin Finke


[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


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


[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


[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


Prof. Dr. Hermann Müller


[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


[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


[email protected] Interactions between visual attention, executive functions, and memory; Neurophysiological correlates of cognitive processing; Modelling mechanisms of information processing

Prof. Dr. Paul Sauseng


[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


[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.


PD Dr. Zhuanghua Shi


[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


[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-Johnen-Straße (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


PD Dr. Agnieszka Wykowska


[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


[email protected] Neuro-cognitive mechanisms of selective attention; guidance of attention based on environmental features and intention; visual consciousness; models of visual search

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M.Sc. in Neuro-Cognitive Psychology - gsn.uni … · Senior Administrator Heinz-Gerd Gilbers Leopoldstr. 13 (room 3214) 80802 München ... NCP-student conference at the end of the