PSY4312 ¨C Cognitive Control in Action

Course content

Cognitive control or executive functions describe higher-order neurocognitive processes that guide and adapt behaviour in an ever-changing environment. This module provides and in-depth look at these processes by covering both classic cognitive as well as neuroscientific research, models, and theories. Modern neuroscientific methods, such as connectivity analyses of structural and functional properties of the brain and their dynamic changes over various time scales, will be at the core of our considerations.

Learning outcome

The students will learn to

• conceptually relate cognitive control to other concepts of higher-order cognition (e.g., intelligence, creativity) as well as attention and perception,
• specify the known and unknown aspects regarding the neural underpinnings of cognitive control, and
• describe the mechanisms that guide cognition and behaviour at different time scales (from milliseconds and seconds, over minutes and hours, to stable traits (months and years).

Admission to the course

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Recommended previous knowledge

PSY4307 - Fundamentals of Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience

PSY4310 - Research methods in cognitive neuroscience Part I

Teaching

7 seminars ¨¢ 2h.

Examination

Oral examination (graded).

Language of examination

The examination text is given in English, and you submit your response in English.

Grading scale

Grades are awarded on a scale from A to F, where A is the best grade and F is a fail. Read more about the grading system.

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