The Master's programme in Brain and Cognitive Sciences consists of three tracks: Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience and Cognitive Science, each with its own specialised programme. The core curriculum comprises of an annual summer school and a weekly forum where current issues in brain and cognitive sciences are discussed and integrates these three perspectives, thus fostering an interactive, interdisciplinary, cutting-edge environment.

The programme investigates the full range of brain and mind functioning at the highest possible level. Students benefit from a stimulating academic setting that offers three interrelated tracks, and from the opportunity to participate in CSCA research projects conducted by scientists who are international leaders in their fields. Together, the three tracks span the entire spectrum from basic neuroscience to higher-level cognitive functions. Interaction between the tracks ensures an interdisciplinary, cutting-edge environment in which students can design a curriculum tailored to their individual needs and abilities.

Cognitive Science track

The Cognitive Science Programme takes an interdisciplinary approach to the processes involved in human cognitive behaviour, in particular memory, language and action control. The aim is to better understand the architecture and evolution of the cognitive system and its role in reasoning and communication.

Cognitive Neuroscience track

The Cognitive Neuroscience Programme is firmly rooted in psychology and biology and focuses on how the brain processes information to enable complex cognitive functions. Besides fundamental neuroscience disciplines, brain imaging, systems neurophysiology and computation are strongly represented here.

Cognitive Neuroscience track

The Neuroscience programme covers all biological aspects of human and animal brain processes - neuronal excitability, neuronal network analysis, and organization of larger brain structures; it includes the disciplines of neuroanatomy, neurogenetics, neurophysiology, neuropharmacology and neuroinformatics.

CSCA Lecture series

Each year the Cognitive Science Center Amsterdam organises the CSCA Lecture series. These CSCA lectures are given by outstanding scholars from a variety of disciplines, including neurobiology, psychology, linguistics, computer science, and philosophy. The CSCA Lecture series aims at communicating recent advances in Cognitive Science to a broader audience interested in the structure and function of cognition, both natural and artificial, and the relation of cognition to brain and intelligent machines.

Summer School

Each year, the CSCA organises an interdisciplinary Summer School on a subject related to cognition. Master and PhD students in the field of cognition can apply for the Summer School.
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Café Cognitive

The Café Cognitive is a series of talks mainly for students of the Research Master Brain and Cognitive Sciences. The series covers a large variety of topics reflecting the interdisciplinary character of the Cognitive Science Center Amsterdam.