psy241 - Computation in Neuroscience

psy241 - Computation in Neuroscience

Department of Psychology 6 KP
Module components Semester courses Sommersemester 2019 Examination
Theorie-Praxis-Seminare
(
2 semester hours per week for winter and summer term
)
Exercises
(
1 semester hour per week for winter and summer term.
)
Tutorial
(
2 semester hours per week in winter and summer term
)
Hinweise zum Modul
Prerequisites
Enrolment in Master's programme Neurocognitive Psychology. Module psy241 is only relevant for students who started their studies before winter term 19/20. (All other students study module psy240.)
Prüfungszeiten
exam period at the end of the summer term
Module examination
The participants will have to independently develop and program a solution for a given neuroscientific problem. Both the written code as well as the documentation of the approach taken will be assessed. Bonus for regularly handing in a total of 12 programming exercises.
Skills to be acquired in this module
**Goals of module:** Students will acquire scientific programming skills as well as specific knowledge of computational methods in neuroscience and cognition. They will learn to judge the appropriateness and complexity of computational problems and solutions. **Competencies:** [nop] + Neuropsychological / neurophysiological knowledge + experimental methods ++ statistics & scientific programming + critical & analytical thinking + knowledge transfer + group work [/nop]

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