Mind, Brain and Behaviour

Understanding human perception and behaviour is one of the greatest challenges facing science. Fuelled by recent advances in artificial intelligence, there is a growing need in numerous application areas for expertise in methods and models addressing this mystery. Our programme will prepare for a career in behavioural measurement, human-machine interface design, VR, autonomous driving, cognitive robotics, AI, machine learning, and other domains. Mind, Brain and Behaviour is an international research-oriented study programme taught in English language at Justus Liebig University Giessen in Germany. The programme is designed to provide essential skills for a career in academia or industry in the fields of psychology, cognitive neuroscience or the behavioural sciences, and it combines theoretical and hands-on methods courses. Theoretical courses on selected topics are taught by renowned experts. Hands-on courses cover a range of key empirical methods for measuring and modelling neural and behavioural processes of perception, action, and cognition. Theoretical courses cover multi-sensory perception, action and cognition, and their development during infancy and childhood, as well as the perception of objects, colour and materials. Hands-on courses cover functional magnetic resonance imaging, electroencephalography (EEG), measurements of eye and body movements, computer graphics, virtual reality (VR), computational modelling and machine learning. An internship and elective modules help students to shape their professional profile according to their preferences. Examples of these modules include Quantitative Foundations of AI, Creativity and Entrepreneurship, Technology and Innovation Management, or Scientific Programming and Data Analysis. Lecturers include renowned scientists Katharina Dobs, Katja Dörschner-Boyaci, Katja Fiehler, Roland W. Fleming, Karl Gegenfurtner, Benjamin de Haas, Martin N. Hebart, Daniel Kaiser, Bianca van Kemenade, and Gudrun Schwarzer. JLU Giessen is one of only a few institutions in Germany to have a Collaborative Research Centre in Psychology (Cardinal Mechanisms of Perception) and is consistently ranked among the top places for vision science worldwide.