The interface between culture and cognition is a fast-developing research area attracting numerous scholars and scientists with different backgrounds. Neuroscientists, psychologists, sociologists, economists, anthropologists, and humanists of various sorts seek to find out how evolved cognitive capacities, cultural learning and social and institutional forms interact to constrain, or even produce, human behavior.

Such interdisciplinary work not only calls for a high degree of translatability between terminologies found in each individual discipline. It further calls for knowledge about, and experience with, different methodologies. This course is directed to students of human behavior who have a background in the humanities or social sciences and an interest in using experimental methods in investigating their topic.

Period
21-07-2014 - 13-08-2014 (4 weeks)

Target group
Master's students

Course aim
Students will be expected to acquire the following competences:

(a) delineate a particular research problem;



(b) determine and describe relevant theoretical background and experimental findings;

(c) construct an experimental research plan

Credits
10.0 ECTS credits

Course fee
EUR 0: Students on a bilateral exchange programme do not have to pay. Freemovers are obliged to pay participation fees while tuition fees only apply to freemovers from countries outside the EU/EEA/Switzerland.

Course leader
Jesper Srensen, Kristoffer L. Nielbo

Aarhus University International Centre
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Postal code: 8000
City: Aarhus
Country: Denmark
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