Prospectus | 08/09 - Psychology and Neuroscience - Maastricht ...

Prospectus Research Master Psychology 2008 • 2009
or absolute). Also, Excel enables you to make various types of graphs, which can be
very helpful for quickly visualizing your data. A fourth aspect that will be dealt with
is pivot tables, a very helpful tool to organise your data in any manner you find most
suitable for your further data handling. A final option that will be dealt with is the
use of macros. These are especially helpful when repetitious changes in layout or
recalculations have to be made.
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Instructional Approach
Group meetings in which direct demonstrations are given via PC/beamer. Students may
provide the instructor data to be used as examples.
Form of Assessment
Written assignment.
4.4 M&T workshops
| 461NP Research Theory and Designs – 1 credit
Coordinator: Bart Scholtissen, Psychiatry & Neuropsychology (FHML), Phone 38 84100,
12 Dr. Tanslaan, Room 4.E3.007, E-mail: b.scholtissen@np.unimaas.nl
Description of the Course
The aim is to provide the student with a basic understanding of theoretical and
practical issues that are important for the execution of ‘evidence-based’ (intervention)
research in the domain of brain & behaviour. This workshop will elaborate on basic
issues of research theory and methodology of scientific research with a focus upon the
domain of brain and behaviour. The student will get insight into issues involving ‘the
empirical cycle’ and basic issues of science. Several methodological approaches in the
domain of neuropsychology, neuropsychiatry, cognitive and behavioural neuroscience
are presented and discussed. There are four sessions. The first three meetings of the
workshop will be led by different senior researchers, who will each focus on different
aspects of theory and methodology in the domain of brain and behaviour research.
These three meetings will have an identical format, each consisting of two main parts.
The first part is a lecture, which will focus on aspects of approaches, conceptualizations,
and theoretical background in the various domains of neuropsychological research (e.g.
cognitive, experimental, clinical, medical, developmental neuropsychology, cognitive
neuroscience, basic neuroscience and clinical neuroscience). Furthermore, issues related
to causality (e.g., causal or correlative inferences), issues related to the multifactorial
nature of cognitive and behavioural functioning (e.g., biological versus environmental
determinants), and issues related to possibilities for execution of neuropsychological
research (designs, short overview of statistical approaches) will be discussed. During
the second part, the focus will concern practical aspects of research theory and
design. During the final session, students’ presentations will form the basis of a group
discussion on research theory and design.