LINGUIST List 30.830
Thu Feb 21 2019
Summer Schools: Helsinki Summer School in Cognition, Communication, and the Brain/Finland
Editor for this issue: Sarah Robinson <srobinsonlinguistlist.org>
Date: 20-Feb-2019
From: Eino Partanen <eino.partanen
helsinki.fi>
Subject: Helsinki Summer School in Cognition, Communication, and the Brain/Finland
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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
Registration: 20-Feb-2019 to 17-Jun-2019
Contact Person: Eino Partanen
Email: eino.partanen
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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