Master's Degree in Neuropsychology
Curriculum designed with the most up-to-date tools in terms of neuropsychological assessment
In the era of Neurosciences, Neuropsychology was born to join in the goal shared with other scientific disciplines to understand the human brain, focusing its efforts on behavioral manifestations and higher processes associated with its normal and altered functioning. These alterations may be due to sudden brain damage, the appearance of a neurodegenerative disease or neurodevelopmental disorders. The work of the Neuropsychologist, the specialist in evaluating, reporting and rehabilitating impaired cognitive functions, is essential.
The general objective of this Master's Degree is to comprehensively train students in Neuropsychology, developing a professional profile capable of evaluating the cognitive deficits associated with different neuropsychological disorders and offering intervention and neurorehabilitation tools for any neuropsychological alteration in clinical practice.
Thanks to this master's degree, you will learn to:
- Identify normal and altered behavior due to acquired brain damage, neurodegenerative disease, or neurodevelopmental disorders.
- Perform a neuropsychological evaluation and prepare a report.
- Select and design effective neuropsychological intervention proposals.
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Student profile: Those interested in studying and obtaining the Master's Degree in Neuropsychology, in addition to meeting the requirements imposed by current legislation, must have a degree in the field of behavioral sciences and psychology.
Official Degree:Master's Degree in Neuropsychology
earning Center::School of Life and Nature Sciences
Branch of knowledge: Health Sciences
Places offered: 95 (45 classroom attendance - 50 Online)
Total Credits 60 credits.
Minimum 12 ECTS credits and maximum 60 ECTS credits per enrollment and academic year.
Academic year it was introduced: 2023/2024
Duration: 1 year.
Teaching Type: Classroom attendance
Academic Regulations: General student’s regulations. Credit transfer and recognition. Regulation of student participation. Common procedures for carrying out the Final Research Project
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Quality of the degree
Specialize in Neuropsychology at our Campus in the center of Madrid
Curriculum
The student must take 60 credits
First Semester 30 ECTS
Second Semester 30 ECTS
- 6 ECTS | Methods and techniques of neuropsychological intervention and rehabilitation
- 4 ECTS | Neuropsychology of dementias and disorders associated with aging
- 4 ECTS | Child neuropsychology and neurodevelopmental disorders
- 4 ECTS | Research methods in Neuropsychology and Neurosciences
- 6 ECTS | External Academic Internships
- 6 ECTS | Final Research Project
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Competences
Knowledge or content- K1. Graduates graduate will differentiate the neurobiological bases of human behavior from a molecular, cellular, systemic, behavioral and cognitive perspective.
- K2. Graduates will identify neurological and psychopathological disorders, working on the possibilities of neuropsychological rehabilitation.
- K3. Graduates will describe the neural bases of attention, perception and motor processing, as well as their possible alterations and their neuropsychological rehabilitation.
- K4. Graduates will identify the neural bases of memory, language and executive functions, their possible alterations and their neuropsychological rehabilitation.
- K5. Graduates will distinguish the main tests, instruments and techniques for conducting neuropsychological assessments and reporting.
- K6. Graduates will identify the main methods and techniques of neuropsychological intervention throughout the life cycle.
- K7. Graduates will compare the characteristics, objectives, approaches and evaluation of intervention programs in neuropsychology.
- K8. Graduates will differentiate the neurodegenerative process, its causes and characteristics, as well as the specific assessment instruments and its neuropsychological rehabilitation.
- K9. Graduates will assess the behavioral patterns and developmental disorders in children and adolescents, as well as the specific evaluation instruments and their neuropsychological rehabilitation.
- K10. Graduates will differentiate the methods and tools for the collection and analysis of data in Health Sciences.
- K11. Graduates will identify the protection measures and safety culture in the professional context, including what is related to the patient's clinical history.
- K12. Graduates will recognize the principles of evidence-based practice, the structure of an academic paper or scientific report, and its public defense in the field of Neuropsychology.
- H1. Graduates will be able to select and analyze the information contained in scientific databases in order to continuously be kept up to date professionally in the field of Neuropsychology.
- H2. Graduates will be able to examine and use current models and theories on the relationship between the central nervous system and cognitive abilities and human behavior.
- H3. Graduates will be able to distinguish and use the most relevant knowledge in the field of neuroscience and neuropsychology for professional practice.
- H4. Graduates will be able to examine and assess the neurodevelopment of cognitive functions, their functioning and their alterations.
- H5. Graduates will be able to analyze, characterize and differentiate the neuropsychological alterations associated with neurological and psychopathological disorders.
- H6. Graduates will be able to distinguish and apply the different models, techniques and procedures of evaluation, rehabilitation and neuropsychological intervention.
- H7. Graduates will be able to formulate working hypotheses and collect and assess critically and advanced information for problem solving through the application of the scientific method in the field of Neuropsychology.
- H8. Graduates will be able to generate new ideas based on scientific evidence and design intervention strategies in the field of Neuropsychology.
- C1. Graduates will be able to plan and carry out neuropsychological assessments from the set of data processed with social and ethical responsibility.
- C2. Graduates will be able to select and design proposals for neuropsychological intervention from the set of data processed in the evaluation.
- C3. Graduates will be able to prepare neuropsychological reports with wording adapted to the recipients.
- C4. Graduates will be able to design and develop research in neuropsychology.
- C5. Graduates will be able to develop proposals for neuropsychological intervention in interdisciplinary teams.
- C6. Graduates will be able to use information and communication technologies in the professional performance of the neuropsychologist.
- C7. Graduates will be able to carry out the work of the neuropsychologist respecting ethics and professional deontology, in accordance with current legislation.
- C8. Graduates will be able to observe and apply the knowledge acquired in the master's degree in real contexts, participating in work teams in the field of Neuropsychology.
- C9. Graduates will be able to apply the knowledge acquired in the Master's degree to develop, present and defend work in the area of Neuropsychology.
Online Study
Awards to Global Campus Nebrija
Magisterio Award 2021 Best University
in Online Learning Ranking QS Stars Good Methodology Practice
according to Cátedra UNESCO Success Story
from Blackboard 6th Best Blog
on eLearning for España and LATAM 4 awards
in Education Excellence The Hybrid Presentiality educational model
from Nebrija University recognized with the Blackboard Catalyst Awards
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