Testimonials lecturers - Prospective Students - Master Brain and Cognitive Sciences - Education

Prof. dr. Jeroen Raaijmakers 

Professor in Cognitive Psychology - Director of the Cognitive Science Center Amsterdam 

The field of cognition is rapidly changing. New methods such as neuro-imaging and computer modelling make it possible to start investigating crucial questions regarding the architecture that makes human and animal cognition possible. At the Cognitive Science Center Amsterdam scientists with different backgrounds are working together to gain a better understanding of what is one of the most exciting puzzles in science today. Our master Brain and Cognitive Sciences is one of the oldest of its kind and has attracted many talented students from many nationalities. Our yearly Summer School where top-level guest-lecturers present their views on crucial issues in the field has an excellent national and international reputation. The very laudatory comments made by these guest lecturers with respect to our students are perhaps the best testimony to the high quality of our students and their enthusiasm in gaining a better understanding in the puzzle of cognition.

Prof. Dr. K. Richard Ridderinkhof

Professor in Neurocognitive Development and Ageing - Director of Acacia: Amsterdam center for the study of adaptive control in brain and behaviour

The weekly course “Current Issues in Brain & Cognitive Sciences” is really the coolest course to be teaching.  It brings out the best in students, allowing them throughout the year to show what they're made of.  Many of the students turn out to be remarkably talented interdisciplinary scientists, and it's a pleasure and a privilege to help shape them on their way to become researchers in cognitive neuroscience.  It's just too bad that I have to share them with other UvA cognitive scientists who also offer challenging opportunities for graduation research projects.

Dr. Henkjan Honing

Associate Professor in Music Cognition - Institute for Logic, Language and Computation (ILLC)

The courses in the master Brain and Cognitive Sciences are a challenge to both students and lecturers. The courses are well-designed, well-taught and closely monitored by the coordinating committee. The setup of most courses actually remind me of a kind of  honours programme, both in terms of the effort and energy students are asked to put in to the course, as the quality and state-of-the-art topics presented in the courses. I enormously enjoy teaching an elective course in this programme on music cognition. The students are active, enthusiastic and very productive, and they made me perform on the tips of my toes. I loved it.