Program Overview

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Master Sciences Cognitives, Parcours: Fonctions Cognitives: Organisation Normale et Pathologique

The Fonctions Cognitives normales et pathologiques course aims to acquire in-depth knowledge of the different mental functions (perception, language, learning, memory, reasoning, executive functions) in their normal and pathological functioning, and their cerebral bases.

Objectives

The Fonctions Cognitives normales et pathologiques course aims to acquire in-depth knowledge of the different mental functions (perception, language, learning, memory, reasoning, executive functions) in their normal and pathological functioning, and their cerebral bases. Students will be trained through a multidisciplinary approach, including methods of study from cognitive psychology, psychophysics, cognitive and computational neuroscience.

The general knowledge covered includes:

• The functioning of the brain related to cognitive functions
• The different functional and computational models of cognitive functions (in their normal and pathological aspects)
• The techniques of investigation (used in humans and/or animals) for the study of cognitive functions
• The mathematical and computer tools for analyzing data concerning the cerebral bases of these functions

Students will also be trained in the tools for detecting, diagnosing, and remedying cognitive functions.

Prerequisites

• Obligatory prerequisites: The training is open to 8 different licenses, and participation in the summer school is imperative and obligatory.
• Recommended prerequisites: Interest in interdisciplinarity.

Formation and Research

This course is based more particularly on the scientific disciplines of cognitive psychology, neuropsychology, and neuroscience, with the support of different research laboratories covering these fields.

Competences to Acquire

This course is specifically oriented towards cognitive technologies, notably the design and evaluation of diagnostic, remediation, and cognitive stimulation tools with applications, in particular, in the health sector for neurodegenerative diseases (e.g., Parkinson's and Alzheimer's), education for neurodevelopmental disorders (e.g., autism or dyslexia), but also in the fields of digital technology and robotics.

Stages and Supervised Projects

Depending on the student's professional project (destined for research or the industrial world), the Master's program offers laboratory and/or company internships. Throughout the training, project-based teaching aims to develop the theoretical and applied autonomy of students.

Pedagogical Modalities

Different teaching formats, lectures, tutorials, and practical work, allow for the application of acquired knowledge. Part of the practical work will be devoted to training in experimental techniques for cerebral investigation (on a platform). Scientific workshops are organized to practice research.

Targeted Professions

• H1206 Management and engineering studies, research and development industry
• K2108 Higher education
• M1805 Computer studies and development

NSF Domains

• 118B Biological analysis models; Computer science in biology
• 124G Health psychology; Clinical psychology; Psychopedagogy; Environmental psychology
• 127C Epistemology of experimental sciences

Conditions of Admission

The candidate's file must include the notes from the three years of license, a professional and research project, as well as mentions of international mobility and professional experiences, if applicable. This file is examined by a jury that proceeds to pre-selection, which is followed by individual interviews.

Selected candidates will participate obligatorily in a one-week summer school organized at the beginning of September.

The Master 2 will be open from [date not specified].

Registration Regimes

This course is accessible in:

• Initial training
• Continuing education

Course Responsibilities

• Marlene ABADIE