On successful completion of the course, students should have the following learning outcomes, defined in terms of knowledge, skills, and general competence.

Knowledge

The student can:

• apply knowledge of neuroscientific methods (e.g., EEG/ERP, brain stimulation) in considering the merit of extant neuroscience research and in development of independent research projects
• provide a detailed overview of theoretical models and neural substrates of memory, attention, cognitive control, perception, affect, and language
• show the location and lateralization of the above functions
• explain how brain injury and/or psychiatric illness can interfere with these functions

Skills

The student has:

• the ability to independently plan, implement, and analyze informative neuroscientific experiments
• the ability to clearly present the rationales, methods, results, and conclusions of empirical studies in the context of an academic presentation or article
• the ability to critically analyze the scientific literature in cognitive neuroscience

General competence

The student can:

• reflect on ethical aspects of human-brain research with regard to how subjects are treated, how experiments are conducted, and how articles are published

• One project report related to laboratory exercises.
• An assignment on a selected neurobiological topic.
• In-class presentation of an assignment in a seminar.

The compulsory work requirements must be approved by the teacher before the student can take the exam.