30.830, Summer Schools: Helsinki Summer School in Cognition, Communication, and the Brain/Finland

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LINGUIST List: Vol-30-830. Thu Feb 21 2019. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 30.830, Summer Schools:  Helsinki Summer School in Cognition, Communication, and the Brain/Finland

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Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2019 15:11:57
From: Eino Partanen [eino.partanen at helsinki.fi]
Subject: Helsinki Summer School in Cognition, Communication, and the Brain/Finland

 

Helsinki Summer School in Cognition, Communication, and the Brain

Host Institution: University of Helsinki
Coordinating Institution: University of Helsinki
Website: https://www.helsinki.fi/en/admissions/helsinki-summer-school/courses/cognition-communication-and-the-brain

Dates: 06-Aug-2019 - 22-Aug-2019
Location: Helsinki, Finland

Focus: The Helsinki Summer School in Cognition, Communication and the brain focuses on interdisciplinary approaches to studying the neurocognitive underpinnings of topics in cognitive sciences, speech sciences and cognitive neuroscience using a wide variety of both electrophysiological (EEG, MEG, and EEG with TMS) and behavioural (e.g. Eye tracking and other psychophysiological methods) approaches. Course has plethora of lectures by international experts, such as Stefan Elmer, Daniela Sammler, David Kirsh, Andriy Myachikov, and Julia Festman on embodied cognition, multilingualism, language and plasticity, music and speech. In addition, the course includes hands-on training and/or demo sessions in various less-known methods and tools (MEG, TMS, articulography, VR tools, computational approaches to data analysis and more).
Minimum Education Level: BA


Special Qualifications:
International students at doctoral or master's level, selected on the basis of applications, whose topic of interest is related to measuring human cognition using both neuroscientific and behavioural methods.


Description:
The course prepares the students to combine various research methods and
perspectives in an interdisciplinary fashion, with particular emphasis on
understanding how to approach practical research questions from various
scientific angles. In practice, the students are expected to attain limited
working proficiency with at least two novel research methods pertaining to
course topics.


Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science
                      Computational Linguistics
                      Neurolinguistics

Tuition: 900 EUR

Tuition Explanation: For specifics concerning fees, please see our website:
https://www.helsinki.fi/en/admissions/helsinki-summer-school/prices-accommodat
ion-and-cancellation-policy


Registration: 20-Feb-2019 to 17-Jun-2019

Contact Person: Eino Partanen
                Email: eino.partanen at helsinki.fi

Apply on the web: https://www.helsinki.fi/en/admissions/helsinki-summer-school/courses/cognition-communication-and-the-brain

Registration Instructions:
A good command of English is necessary for completing the course (following
teaching, participating in classroom discussions, writing essays) as well as
managing day-to-day matters in Finland. An applicant can be rejected if
his/her level of English is not deemed equivalent to the standards.
Furthermore, please provide a brief motivation letter as students when sending
your application to participate in the course.




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