Kansai Medical University
Cognitive Neuroscience

Moriguchi, Japan

DEGREE TYPE

Master degree

DURATION

LANGUAGES

PACE

APPLICATION DEADLINE

EARLIEST START DATE

Apr 2025

STUDY FORMAT

On-Campus

Key Summary

About : The Cognitive Neuroscience program offers an in-depth exploration into how brain processes underpin cognitive functions. Students engage with interdisciplinary methods, integrating psychology and neuroscience to understand cognition. The course structure includes hands-on research opportunities intended to develop advanced analytical skills over a one-year full-time or two-year part-time period.

Career Outcomes : Graduates can pursue careers in research, clinical psychology, or academia. Potential roles include becoming a cognitive neuroscientist, research assistant, or psychologist, as well as positions in healthcare and educational settings focused on cognitive development and mental health.

To elucidate the brain functions, it is essential not only to conduct micro-level research such as the conduction of electrical signals and chemical transmission by neurotransmitters, but also the system-level research on how they “function as a circuit” and “connect to actual thoughts and actions.” The Department of Physiology 2 grapples with this arduous but interesting problem by utilizing primates whose brain structure is similar to that of humans, by electrophysiological and pharmacological approach. The current main theme is the elucidation of mechanisms by which emotion, memory, and attention change decision making process and actions. We dream of discovering the universal principle of calculation processing in the brain.

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