Brain and Cognition (interdisciplinaire minor)

Introduction

This interdisciplinary minor emphasises the diversity and complementarity of various cognitive neuroscience approaches to understanding the human brain.

• Aspects of (bio-)medical sciences, biology, pharmaceutical sciences, linguistics and psychology will be connected
• You will gain insight in the anatomy and physiology of the central nervous system, neuropharmacology and behavioural sciences.
• You will acquire knowledge of cognitive psychology and neuro- and psycholinguistics.

This minor is offered by the Leiden Institute for Brain and Cognition (LIBC), an interfaculty center for interdisciplinary research on brain and cognition, based on collaboration between the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) and the Faculties of Humanities, Science, and Social and Behavioural Sciences of Leiden University.

This minor follows the rules and regulations as specified by the board of examiners of Psychology. The board of examiners of Psychology is responsible to guard compliance of the rules and regulations of this minor.

Please be informed that the participating faculties may have different approaches to their education. This can result in differences with regards to the relation between contact hours and hours of self-study, different use of Brightspace, large- or small-scale education, practicals and other educational support. Some courses may require mandatory presence in practicals, tutorials and/or symposia. The courses that form part of this minor will inevitably differ from one another. This can be challenging, but forms a vital part of interdisciplinary education. Of course you will be supported.

For whom?

The minor is accessible for students from the universities in Leiden, Delft, and Rotterdam. The minor is primarily intended for third year students in Biomedical Sciences, Medicine, Psychology, Pedagogical Sciences, Linguistics, Biology, Biopharmaceutical Sciences, and related fields. Please note that this minor is not open to Psychology students from the Erasmus University in Rotterdam due to significant overlap in content with their regular Bachelor programme.

Please note that this minor is not open for HBO-students (university of applied sciences).

Students from other study programs can also register for the minor, provided that there is enough space, but they have to be aware that this minor might be challenging for them. For students who miss background in both neurosciences and psychology/linguistics, we give access to materials from both introduction courses. Students follow one of the two as a mandatory course; materials for the second introductory course can be studied and lectures can be followed on a voluntary basis: no exam can be made for a second introductory course, and no EC’s are given for it.

Note that the minor is full-time, so students are advised to not follow any other courses during the period of the minor (Sept-Jan). Studen