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Cognitive Psychology / Neuropsychology - MSc

University of Kent

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This MSc programme provides an overview and critical evaluation of the major issues, investigative strategies, and empirical findings of recent attempts to integrate these different approaches to 'brain cognition'. Examine how cognitive psychological, neuropsychological, neurobiological and computer science approaches can be combined to understand how the human mind/brain solves a variety of complex problems, such as recognising objects, remembering previous experiences, reading, speaking and reasoning. The programme gives you a detailed understanding of the major analytic techniques and research methodologies employed by cognitive psychologists and neuropsychologists. Study a range of general, historical, theoretical and philosophical issues underlying the discipline that will equip you with specialist knowledge and systematic understanding and prepare you for a career in academia or as a practising psychologist.

This programme aims to: foster your intellectual development by providing you with specialised knowledge of a range of theoretical approaches to cognitive psychology/neuropsychology and statistical and methodological expertise in order that you should be well equipped to make your own original contribution to psychological knowledge; provide teaching that is informed by current research and scholarship and that requires you to engage with aspects of work at the frontiers of knowledge; help you to develop research skills and transferable skills in preparation for entering academic or other careers as psychologists; satisfy the academic requirements of the knowledge base specified by the British Psychological Society; enable you to manage your own learning and to carry out independent research; help you to develop general critical, analytic and problem-solving skills that can be applied in a wide range of settings. Our postgraduate students commonly go into the fields of health, teaching or further education. For instance, many of our graduates take up roles as assistant psychologists in the NHS with a view to becoming a professional clinical or forensic psychologist. Upon completing our Master’s courses, graduates have also pursued doctoral study and academic careers at higher education institutions.

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Cognitive Psychology / Neuropsychology - MSc

I studied for my undergraduate degree here, and decided to stay for phd. Lots to do in the city, many universities, so...

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I have really enjoyed my time at Kent so far. There is very good academic support from the staff. Canterbury is a...

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University of Kent, Canterbury

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The University of Kent is a place where people can sharpen their focus with postgraduate study. It is known as the UK’s European university and has postgraduate centres in Brussels and Paris, as well as two UK campuses in Canterbury and Medway. As a postgraduate, students will have the opportunity to study full or part-time on the majority of programmes offered in one of Kent’s European centres. Kent offer postgraduate students flexibility, with many of their taught and all of their research degrees offering both September and January start dates. They also offer distance-learning options and short courses. The University of Kent offers a range of Conversion Master’s Programmes where students can learn new skills, improve their job prospects and prepare themselves for a career in a different discipline.