<ul><li>In this course, students will develop a detailed understanding of the historical and contemporary concepts and theories underpinning the current understanding of human brain-behavior, innovative neuroscience methods and their application to understand brain function, and the core cognitive and affective processes and associated neurology</li><li>Students will also be equipped with specialized analytical skills that will allow them to assess and interpret neuropsychological function in healthy and clinical populations, and will be able to report research evidence as a result</li><li>Whilst studying either one year full-time or two years part-time, students will be taught by a multidisciplinary team of experts including psychologists, psychophysiologists, neuroimaging researchers and clinical scientists</li><li>The academics teaching the course are making advances in cognitive and clinical neuroscience, and will lead with their research so students will receive the most up-to-date knowledge in this field</li><li>Students will learn innovative neuroscience methods and gain hands-on experience with brunel’s fMRI and MRI scanners to study brain function in health and disease<br><br></li></ul>

<ul><li>The Brunel Sport and Exercise Psychology MSc provides graduates the first stage of training towards becoming a British Psychological Society (BPS) accredited sport and exercise psychologist</li><li>Students will examine the key psychological factors that affect both sports performance and exercise participation and learn how to assess client needs and formulate tailored programmes for them</li><li>In their sport specialization, students will learn techniques and strategies to help athletes of all levels, ages and genders develop the mental skills needed to tackle inhibitions and achieve peak performance, as well as to overcome the emotional consequences of serious injury or prolonged loss of form</li><li>These mental skills are equally applicable to coaches wanting to build positive team dynamics and referees dealing with the stresses of the job</li><li>In their exercise specialization, students will focus on applying psychology to increase exercise participation and motivational levels among the public and to encourage people to adopt more active lifestyles<br><br></li></ul>

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Master of Science in Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience

Master of Science in Sport and Exercise Psychology