Cognitive Neuropsychology

Become an expert on the relationship between brain and behavior. Cognitive Neuropsychology operates on the crossroads of various psychological disciplines, such as clinical (neuro)psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and applied neuroscience. Cognitive Neuropsychologists find employment in the broad domain of (mental) health services, schools and companies. This program is a track of the MSc Psychology and Mental Health.Focus on the relationship between the brain and behavior in humans.You will address disorders such as epilepsy, autism, ADHD, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, cerebrovascular diseases, and brain tumors. Emphasis throughout the program is on the biological origins and the brain mechanisms underlying these disorders.You will acquire in-depth knowledge and skills on both the assessment of these disorders, and on interventions aimed at treating them.You will have the opportunity to do an external or internal internship, acquire the basic registration of psychodiagnostics (BAPD), and to fulfill the criteria for the registration of the association LOGO (Vereniging Landelijk Overleg Geestelijke Gezondheidszorg Opleidingsinstellingen). The internal internship concerns assessment by means of neuroscience methods, such as EEG. This is the only path that leads to becoming a “healthcare psychologist” (BIG registered).You will learn to conduct independent research in the field of cognitive neuropsychology using state-of-the-art neuroscientific methods.