The course provides a coherent base for understanding the methodological and theoretical issues that are currently considered important in the study of cognitive psychology and neuropsychology. Students will be shown how to critically appraise the philosophical and theoretical underpinnings of the various disciplines that comprise cognitive psychology and neuropsychology, and to evaluate how these disciplines may successfully be combined to further scientific understanding of the core problems in cognitive psychology and neuropsychology today. A selection of material from areas such as vision, learning, memory, language, reasoning, emotion will be referred to in order to examine the relationship between brain and mind, the modularity of brain and mind, and the notion of different levels/frameworks of description and explanation.
Private Study: 178
Contact Hours: 22
Total: 200
Compulsory to the following courses:
• MSc Cognitive Psychology/Neuropsychology
Optional to the following courses:
• None
Main assessment methods
Essay 1 – 70%
Essay 2 – 30%
Both essays have a combined volume of up to 4,000 words
Reassessment methods
Like-for-Like
The University is committed to ensuring that core reading materials are in accessible electronic format in line with the Kent Inclusive Practices.
The most up to date reading list for each module can be found on the university's reading list pages.
On successfully completing the module students will be able to:
1 Understand the core areas of concern in cognitive psychology and neuropsychology (such as vision, memory and language)
2 Understand the practice and significance of interdisciplinary cooperation, and the role of cross-domain constraint satisfaction in furthering scientific discovery in the different areas of cognitive psychology and neuropsychology.
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