International Max Planck Research School on Neuroscience of Communication: Function, Structure, and Plasticity (IMPRS NeuroCom)

The International Max Planck Research School on Neuroscience of Communication: Function, Structure, and Plasticity (abbrev.: IMPRS NeuroCom) is a three year PhD programme for research in the areas of cognition, psychology and neuroscience in combination with communication. The IMPRS NeuroCom started in 2009 and is now in its second cycle. The programme aims for multidisciplinary training. This is emphasized by compulsory lectures in different areas:

• Verbal Communication: Language
• Foundation of social cognition and emotions
• Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical
• Physics of Neuroimaging and Computational Neuroscience

Furthermore the research school offers several voluntary work shops for the participants to improve their soft skills.

You find extensive information on the Website of the IMPRS NeuroCom.

Participating Institutions:

• Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences Leipzig
• University of Leipzig
• Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Leipzig
• Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience at UCL, London, UK

Associated Participants:

• Dipl.-Inf. Stefan Philips