Neuroscience and Cognition Graduate Program in Sao Paulo - Brazil
Estimados,
La Universidade Federal do ABC inicio un proceso de selección para maestría y doctorado en el área de Neurociencia y Cognición. Note que todo el proceso de selección puede ser realizado por teléfono, email o videoconferencia.
Por ser inter-disciplinar, se espera tener entre sus candidatos a estudiantes de carreras de Ciencias de la Computación o Ingeniería.
Mas informaciones pueden ser encontradas en: http://ppgnc.ufabc.edu.br/application/index.html
Gran abrazo,
Jesús P. Mena-Chalco
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From: Yossi Zana
Date: Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 11:10 PM
Subject: Neuroscience and Cognition Graduate Program in Sao Paulo - Brazil
To:
A new interdisciplinary graduate program in Neuroscience and Cognition has just open an application process to select promising candidates. The selection process is in English and does not require physical presence. Approved candidates can receive institutional scholarships.
Detailed information can be obtained in our homepage ppgnc.ufabc.edu.br/index_en.html
Graduate Program in Neuroscience and Cognition: A New Opportunity
Anticipating the future is a strategic advantage
In the late twentieth century, groups of researchers met in the United States to study, in an interdisciplinary way, the interactions between living and artificial systems, with the stated goal of designing devices that enables the improvement of cognitive capabilities, health and physical capacity of man and thus produce, in theory, a greater social good. These studies gave rise to what was called converging technologies, with active research groups in Europe, the United States, Australia and Japan. The converging technologies are the union of four areas of science and technology that have in common the fact that they are recent and important for the development of the economy and society in general. The proposal is that they walk interconnected to contribute to the improvement of mankind. They are nanotechnology, biotechnology, information technology and neuroscience (or cognitive science). In Brazil, the Center for Strategic Studies and Management, social organization under the Ministry of Science and Technology, acknowledged the importance of these areas under the national interests.
New jobs in a rapidly changing world
There are several sectors of activity in the field of knowledge related to neuroscience and cognition will be highly strategic. Neuroeconomics, for example, is the study of how the mind interacts with the external environment to generate economic behavior. The cognitive ergonomics is the scientific discipline related to understanding interactions between humans and other elements of a system, providing theoretical support to facilitate this interaction. Cognitive ergonomists contribute to the design and evaluation of tasks, jobs, products, environments and systems in order to make them compatible with the needs, abilities and limitations of people. Neuromarketing is a new field of neuroscience, which studies the neurobiological bases of consumer behavior, identifying the desires, impulses and motivations of people through the study of physiological reactions in the different stimuli. It is also increasing and deepening the strategic knowledge in neuroeducation, an interdisciplinary field that combines neuroscience, psychology and education to create better teaching methods and curricula. This area has incorporated recent advances in studies on memory, language and other topics of cognitive neuroscience to develop better strategies for teaching and learning. Another approach in neuroeducation is understanding how cognitive and mental disorders can alter student learning and how teachers can collaborate with other professionals to help identify problems in the classroom, to facilitate the social inclusion of students affected.
Contemporary theme with an interdisciplinary approach
Scientific research in neuroscience follows innovation trends observed globally. Technological development has enabled recent advances in understanding the operation of the brain, allowing the study of mental functions by neuroimaging techniques. Observing and intervening in different hierarchical plans, from molecular to behavioral, neuroscience addresses the interaction between the levels of organization of the nervous system. Moreover, advances in understanding and treating mental disorders in a population with a longer life prospect, like Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and epilepsy, have received enormous contribution by the association of areas such as genetics, neuropsychology and bioengineering. In fact, the interdisciplinary approach to solving real problems is a tendency in the contemporary world.
Course of excellence with the possibility of scholarship
The Master and Doctoral programs in Neuroscience and Cognition at the Federal University of ABC (UFABC) started its activity in early 2011. The first selection process will start on March 10, 2011 and the activities of the program in May. The program is fundamentally interdisciplinary, integrating different fields of knowledge, and aims at training highly qualified scientific personnel to enable them to engage in teaching, research and development. All the faculty have Doctoral degrees and expertise in research attested by numerous publications in international journals. The program is composed of courses with interdisciplinary characteristics, aiming at training skilled professionals capable of integrating knowledge into innovative projects. Consistent with this proposal, the graduate students will be encouraged to fulfill credits taking courses offered by other graduate programs within and outside the UFABC. The Master and Doctoral programs in Neuroscience and Cognition will provide scholarships from the institution and research funding agencies to selected students.
More information: ppgnc.ufabc.edu.br/index_en.html
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