Introduction to the Behavioural and Cognitive Neurosciences

Uitgebreide vaknaam	Introduction to the Behavioural and Cognitive Neurosciences
Leerdoelen	At the end of the course, the student is able to: 1) Communicate about neuroscience research to a broad audience. 2) Develop a research proposal that clearly motivates the research problem, hypothesis, and method 3) Discuss, evaluate and ask questions about research presentations 4) Interact with peers from both their own and other tracks in the research master
Omschrijving	1. To introduce students to the many types of research done within the Research School for Behavioural and Cognitive Neurosciences. In the meetings for the course, about 30 researchers working in the one of the many fields of neuroscience at the University Groningen give presentations about their research. This serves to inspire and guide students towards the possibilities for subjects, methods, and supervisors for their minor thesis project. 2. To facilitate and stimulate the development of professional and social networks amongst students. In the next couple of years, students will be studying, working and meeting with the other from their cohort, and one of the aims of this course is to lay a foundation for establishing networks with these students. 3. To develop and train a positive critical attitude in evaluating and discussing research from within and beyond the student's preferred specialization. In future meetings and courses, students will be expected to discuss research presentations (e.g., coming up with comments, questions and discussion points), and to provide feedback. This requires that students develop a positive critical attitude in discussing presentations, formulating questions, and providing feedback to others. 4. To gain experience with developing a research question and hypothesis, and to train writing skills in communicating about this research to a broad audience.
Uren per week
Onderwijsvorm	Hoorcollege (LC), Opdracht (ASM) (Students should be present at all meetings. If a meeting can not be attended, an assignment needs to be done. In addition, students need to provide peer reviews of each others' papers and contribute to in-class discussion groups and assignments)
Toetsvorm	Verslag (R)
Vaksoort	master
Coördinator	dr. M.R. Nieuwenstein
Docent(en)	Gastdocent(en)
Verplichte literatuur	Titel Auteur ISBN Prijs Information provided by the lecturers
Entreevoorwaarden	This course unit is accessible for BCN students only.
Opmerkingen	The final papers are graded based on the following criteria: Argumentation / Explanation Structure Scientific Context Quality of Writing Research Design Definition Hypothesis Plagiarism Check needs to be OK
Opgenomen in	Opleiding Jaar Periode Type MSc Behavioural and Cognitive Neurosciences: Behavioural Neurosciences  (Compulsory course units) 1 semester I a verplicht MSc Behavioural and Cognitive Neurosciences: Cognitive Neuroscience & Modelling  (Compulsory course units) 1 semester I a verplicht MSc Behavioural and Cognitive Neurosciences: Molecular & Clinical Neurosciences  (Compulsory course units) 1 semester I a verplicht