Cognition and Computation

Aimed at graduates of either the computational sciences or the psychological sciences, this Master's degree in cognition and computation is an ideal foundation for a research career in the cognitive sciences.

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MSc (Hons) Cognition and Computation

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October

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It studies the cognitive processes and representations underlying human thought, knowledge and behaviour, and integrates a wide range of disciplines and methodologies with the core assumption that human cognition is a computational process, implemented in neural hardware.

Key topics include: the nature of computational explanation; general principles of cognition; methodology of computational modelling; theories of the cognitive architecture; symbol systems; connectionism; neural computation; and case studies in computational cognitive modelling.

The course will give you intensive training in experimental design and methodology. You will build computational models and carry out a substantial piece of original research.

On this degree we offer different module combinations to give you the choice of studying for an MA or MSc.

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You may incur additional costs in the course of your education at the university over and above tuition fees in an academic year such as laptops, stationary and additional resources.

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We are consistently regarded as one of the top instititutions teaching psychological sciences in the UK.

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