Knowledge and understanding

Students will develop
• a deep understanding of cognitive concepts and theories by reviewing major research findings.
• Knowledge and understanding of the experimental method: How the application of experimental method help in theoretical advances.
• Knowledge of main real-world applications of research findings and how advances in basic reasearch can be relevant to everyday life.

The laboratory will teach students basic programming abilities in Matlab.

Applying knowledge and understanding*

Students will be able to
• apply their understanding of main cognitive theories and concepts in order to design experiments related to everyday issues.
• design a simple experiment and implement it in Matlab.

Making judgment
Students will gain the ability

• to independently integrate methodological and theoretical skills in the field of cognitive psychology
• to apply these skills to critically judge previous studies in order to propose new research projects in the field of applied cognitive psychology, that is reorganize and critically evaluate the previously acquired knowledge to promote new and original solutions.

This will be achieved through class discussions on relevant recent findings, the use of the flipped-classroom strategy and group work.

Communication skills
Students will acquire communication skills that allow effective interaction; during flipped-classroms or through project presentations, students will learn how to present research projects and to communicate results and conclusions to an audience of specialists and non-specialists in a clear, detailed, and scientifically grounded manner, using the specific lexicon of the discipline. Students will also learn how to coordinate during teamwork and collaborate effectively and competently in English.

Learning skills
The course will promote the acquisition of the ability to adopt new developments and innovations emerging from international scientific results in cognitive psychology, updating one's skills to the rapid evolution of the field. The course will also promote the use of specialized bibliographic resources to perform in-depth scientific reviews to critically judge current knowledge and capitalize on it to propose further advancements in the field . This will be achieved by discussing the available digital instruments to perform bibliographic research and through class discussions.