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2010/1 Module Catalogue
 Module Code: PSY3064 Module Title: HOT TOPICS IN COGNITIVE AND CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE
Module Provider: Psychology Short Name: PSY3064
Level: HE3 Module Co-ordinator: SEISS E Dr (Psychology)
Number of credits: 10 Number of ECTS credits: 5
 
Module Availability
Runs once in semester two.
Assessment Pattern
1) 2000-word coursework essay [25%]
2) 1 x Oral presentation in the seminar (to introduce a discussion topic)[15%] 
3) 1 x 90-minute exam [60%]
Module Overview
Prerequisites/Co-requisites
All core level one and level two Psychology/APS modules are pre-requisites.
Module Aims
The aim of this module is to integrate both theoretical and practical approaches to the relationship between mind, brain and behaviour
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the module, the student should have a critical understanding mind-brain relationship and the methods assessing them. This understanding will be link to several hot topics in cognitive and clinical neuroscience, such as supra- and subliminal processing of information, time perception, tactile
illusions, synesthaesia, and movement disorders.
Module Content
Topics include cognitive neuroscience methods, the distinction between supra- and subliminal information processing (free will debate, masked priming, attentional capture), tactile illusions and tactile perception deficits, time perception and its deficits, synesthaesia, and newest research developments about movement disorders.
Methods of Teaching/Learning
Lectures and seminars including guided reading of original journal articles and discussions.
Selected Texts/Journals

Journals: Copies of the key references will be provided on ULEARN.

Last Updated
July 2010.