VU University - RM Cognitive Neuropsychology

Shorin Ryu Karate Amsterdam
Lizzy Ansinghstraat 88

Combining these two approaches into one Master’s programme is unique in the Netherlands.

The Master’s in Cognitive Neuropsychology is a two-year Research Master’s programme that operates on the cutting edges between cognitive psychology and clinical neuropsychology. While cognitive psychology is geared towards general theories of brain function, neuropsychology focuses on individual patients with brain damage, whose condition can often provide us with new insights into how the human brain works.

The Two Friends Who Changed How We Think About How We Think

22/12/2016

Micheal Lewis, who you may know as the author of the books "Moneyball" and "The Big Short" (which both incidentally also have been adapted to movies) has written a new book about two prominent researchers in the field of Cognitive Psychology: Daniel Kahneman, a Nobel-prize winner who wrote the bestseller "Thinking Fast and Slow", and Amos Tversky, who did some ground-breaking work in the field as well. This article provides a short biography of these two extraordinary gentlemen, whose friendship has lifted cognitive science to a new level. It also offers a first impression of the book, and states it is definitely worth a read.

The Two Friends Who Changed How We Think About How We Think A new book by the author of “Moneyball” shows how, together, the psychologists Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman made the world a better place.

13/12/2014

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13/03/2013

Interview with Steve Pinker

I am Steve Pinker, a cognitive psychologist at Harvard. Ask me anything. : IAmA I'm happy to discuss any topic related to language, mind, violence, human nature, or humanism. I'll start posting answers at 6PM EDT. proof: http://i....

09/10/2012

Faculty colloquium October 2012:

Friday, October 12 | Room K1B-74 | 4 p.m.

Dr. Ben Neale
Research Worker at Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT

Autism is a severe developmental disorder characterized by impairments to social communication and repetitive stereotyped behaviors. Epidemiologically, autism has been shown to be a strongly heritable disease, but thus far efforts to identify the genetic basis have not proved fruitful.

Recent work on spontaneously arising variation (i.e. de novo mutations) has identified novel candidates in the biological basis of autism. This work not only identifies new genes, but also provides a framework for the interpretation of such mutations in human disease studies.

Upcoming colloquia

Thursday November 22, 2012: Prof. Robin I.M. Dunbar, University of Oxford
Thursday December 13, 2012: Prof. Masud Husain, UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience