Neurobiology: Cognitive Neurobiology and Clinical Neurophysiology

The core goal of this Master's track can be captured by the questions: How does the brain mediate cognitive processes? How can we measure and quantify this? And: how can we utilize this knowledge to help people with brain disorders and cognitive impairments?

The focus of this track lies, first, in the challenge to connect different aggregate levels at which brain function can be studied: from single neurons, via circuits and networks, to behaviour and cognition. Second, we focus on brain disorders: how are their symptoms manifested neurophysiologically, and which techniques can be used for treatment. These connections will be studied by relating single-neuron operations to activity at the mesoscopic level (e.g. electroencephalography, EEG) and behaviour.