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Social Neurocognition

Radboud University
Empirical & clinical neuroscience
About this course

This course will provide students with a thorough background in the newly emergent field of social cognitive neuroscience. A broad range of social phenomena will be examined at multiple levels (1) the social level including experience and behaviors (2) the cognitive level which deals with information processing systems and (3) the neural level which deals with brain/neuronal bases of the first two levels.

Learning outcomes

A wide variety of social psychological phenomenon which have been examined using neuroscience techniques will be discussed. Topics will include emotion control, animal and human communication, social decision making, and disturbed social functioning in psychiatric disorders. These topics will be discussed at both general and specific (article) levels. Guest speakers at the forefront of specific research topics in social neurocognition will contribute to the course.

Prerequisites for participation

This course is for CNS students only. Non-CNS students can contact Ellen Janssen (e.janssen@donders.ru.nl) or Arno Koning ( a.koning@donders.ru.nl).

Necessary language skill
English
Semester(s) in which the module takes place
Spring 2024
Course level
Masters
Course start date
29 Jan 2024
Course end date
12 Jul 2024
Teaching mode
Local
Workload in ECTS
6.0
Graded
Yes
Person in charge of module
Prof. Dr. I. Toni
Local module ID
SOW-DGCN26