Courses

The acquisition and comprehension of language are based on extremely complex cognitive processes which are not yet entirely understood. It’s these processes, and their biological underpinnings, that form psycholinguistics’ field of study and are the basis of this track. You’ll study language acquisition, word recognition and production, as well as multilingualism or sign language. This track will provide up-to-date insights into the neurobiological basis of language and you’ll learn how state-of-the-art methods and approaches are currently being applied. This track also works closely together with Radboud University’s Centre for Language Studies (CLS) and the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics (MPI), also housed on the Radboud University campus.

You will study the basic sensorimotor aspects of perception-action coupling as well as the cognitive contextual and social components. This track is aimed at the three basic components of current Cognitive Neuroscience: modelling, designing and conducting behavioural studies and measuring the neurobiological foundations of behaviour. You’ll gain ample experience in current research and analysis techniques in perception, three-dimensional motor research, psychophysiological studies, neuroimaging and electromyographical studies. You’ll also be able to apply formal theories on and models of perceptive functions, sensorimotor functions, and complex actions in your research. This track also works closely with the Radboudumc and the Sint Maartenskliniek, a hospital that specialises in posture and movement, housed in Nijmegen.

This track studies the mechanistic underpinnings and behavioural consequences of long-term changes in neural structure and function. You will focus on the development and decay of the healthy and the maladaptive brain. The goal is to understand various types of neuroplastic changes in the brain, specifically in patients with for example Alzheimer's disease, stress-related disorders, chronic pain, autism, intellectual disabilities, and ADHD. You’ll study diverse brain functions by measuring and manipulating cognitive, emotional, hormonal and neural mechanisms, as well as by (epi)genetic fingerprinting and developing cell and animal disease models. You’ll learn to do research towards patient care that individualises the diagnostic approach and therapeutic and care interventions. The track works closely with the Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences (RIMLS), also housed on the Radboud University campus.

This track studies the interaction between and within groups of neurons, and how they affect our interactions with the outside world. You’ll gain knowledge of the anatomical and neurophysiological aspects of networks in the human brain and the techniques for the computational analysis and modelling of brain networks. This will enable you to conduct independent research into the neurofunctional architecture of cognitive key functions, such as perception, attention, memory, language, planning and targeted actions and develop technologies to measure, characterise and model networks at the whole brain level and/or the local cortical circuit. The track offers courses from the Faculty of Science.