Postgraduate Course: Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology (PSYL11048)
Course Outline
| School | School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | This course will provide an introduction to Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology. Cognitive ageing individual differences and experimental psychology approaches will be included. A wide range of determinants of cognitive ageing will be considered, informed by genetic and brain imaging studies and including medical (including endocrine), lifestyle and social effects. Relevant animal studies are considered. Cognitive epidemiology addresses the association between early life intelligence and morbidity and mortality.
Topics included are:
Week 1
Course overview and cognitive ageing from an individual differences approach
Week 2
Human cognitive ageing: human cognitive neuroscience in normal and pathological ageing
Week 3
An introduction to cognitive epidemiology
Week 4
Mechanisms of cognitive ageing: human/translation work and animal models
Week 5
Methodological underpinnings of the work in cognitive ageing and cognitive epidemiology
Week 6
Feedback event: Assessment preparation/information session |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2014/15, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Block 1 (Sem 1) |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Lecture Hours 10,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
88 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
1) Critique of a published paper (1500 words). Students will select from a list of 8 published research papers provided by course lecturers, and produce a written critique. Further instructions will be given on structure and content of the critique.
2) Research proposal (1500 words). Students will be asked to write part of a research proposal suitable for an application for research funding. This will be based on a topic within one of the lectures and can be for either a new study or secondary analysis of an existing dataset.
Assignment deadline: Thursday 27th November 2014, 12 noon
Word limit: 10% leeway on the word limit
Return deadline: 19th December 2014 |
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Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course students will be able to:
1. Demonstrate an advanced understanding of the phenomena of cognitive ageing and cognitive epidemiology.
2. Critically evaluate studies examining the determinants of cognitive ageing in humans and animals.
3. Critically evaluate studies in the field of cognitive epidemiology.
4. Understand and apply the research methods of psychology (including individual differences and experimental psychology) and epidemiology to cognitive ageing and cognitive epidemiology.
4. Consider pursuing a topic in cognitive ageing and cognitive epidemiology in more detail for the course essay.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Keywords | Intelligence, Memory, Aging, Epidemiology, Individual differences, Information processing, Neuroendo |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Ian Deary
Tel: (0131 6)50 3452
Email: I.Deary@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Toni Noble
Tel: (0131 6)51 3188
Email: Toni.noble@ed.ac.uk |
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