MSc/PgDip/PgCert Clinical Cognitive Neuroscience
Previously known as MSc Applied Cognitive Neuroscience
Full-time, Part-time
Location • Collegiate Campus
Subject area • Psychology
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Core modules
To graduate with an MSc you complete the following modules
Neursopsychopharmacology
• reward mechanisms • addiction and craving • the role and action of drugs on the central nervous system
Neuron to neuropathology
• mapping the process of neuropathology from the molecular to the brain systems level • neuronal death and regeneration • the effect of lesions on specific cognitive and socio-emotional functions
Cognitive neuroscience methods
• psychometric testing • EEG training • skin conductance responses • neuroimaging techniques
Business and bioethics
• moral, ethical and commercial issues in biomedical research • pharmacogenetics research with animals and humans • human cell tissue and genetic screening
Perception and cognition
• the neural mechanisms underlying perceptual and cognitive processes • differences in cognitive function and neuroanatomy of healthy and abnormally developing human brains
Philosophical debates in neuroscience
• consciousness • mind-body dualism • computational neuroscience • psychosemantics
Research dissertation
An independent research project on a subject of your choice. You also complete one of the following research methods modules, depending on your educational background and statistical knowledge
• advanced statistical design
• fundamentals of design and statistics
Full-time – one year
Part-time – two years
Starts October
Complete the application form available at www.shu.ac.uk/study/form
2013/14 academic year
Full-time – typically £5,355
Part-time – typically £2,680 a year for two years
The course fee may be subject to annual inflationary increase. For further information on fees and funding see www.shu.ac.uk/funding
2013/14 academic year
Typically £12,060 for the course
2014/15 academic year
Typically £11,250 for the course
The course fee may be subject to annual inflationary increase. For further information on fees, scholarships and bursaries see www.shu.ac.uk/international/fees
• coursework • seminar activities • examinations • dissertation
T1 weighted coronal slice of a normal brain using magnetic resonance imaging techniques
Psychology facilities
We have recently updated our laboratory facilities to enable more flexible and dedicated teaching of research methods and statistics. There is also space for more general purpose laboratory work such as running focus groups and one-to-one interviews.
Main psychology laboratory
This contains teaching space with PCs and space for non-computerised research teaching. You can access dedicated software including E-Prime experiment generator software to run computerised experiments. You can also analyse quantitative data using both SPSS and AMOS statistical packages, and qualitative data using the NVivo package.
Eye tracking laboratory
Using advanced technology, the ASL 501 Pan-tilt eye-tracker is a non-obtrusive eye-tracker which does not require head mounted tracking equipment. This is currently a laboratory-based tracker but is being adapted for portability to enable eye-tracking research in the field.
Psychophysiology laboratory
This houses electroencephalograph (EEG) facilities, allowing recording from up to 32 sites on the scalp for the collection of fine detailed EEG information. We also have more basic psychophysiology apparatus, such as heart-rate and skin-conductance recording equipment.
Low-level vision laboratory.
This facility has dedicated equipment especially suited to fine grained manipulation of stimulus intensities and durations, particularly suited to low-level vision research.
We also have access to a number of other research facilities which are available through arrangement with other sections of the University. There are considerable laboratory facilities within the Centre for Sports and Exercise Science including soundproof and climate control rooms, as well as facilities within the Faculty of Health and Wellbeing.
Dr Allen Goodwin, senior lecturer (1:35)
Dr Allen Goodwin talks about the completion of dissertations for postgraduate psychology courses – what they are, how to go about choosing a topic and how it will benefit you in the future.
Dr Iain Garner, head of programmes (2:04)
Dr Iain Garner provides an overview of the postgraduate psychology department at Sheffield Hallam – what subjects you will be exposed to, how the courses are structured and how you will benefit from your time at Sheffield Hallam.
A graduate perspective (1:58)
One of our graduates talks about their experiences on the course and how it has helped her achieve her career aims.
Staff profiles
Visit the Department of Psychology, Sociology and Politics website to view profiles of the staff who teach in this subject area.
