Study Preparation
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Since in the CAN program, we build on the contents of the Bachelor of Psychology at the TU Dresden, but cannot presuppose these for all CAN students, we inform you here about possibilities to catch up on course contents relevant to your studies. The following list of relevant readings is provided separately for the individual compulsory CAN modules.
For almost all of the following modules there are also recorded lectures. For access, please contact the module representatives (in brackets).
CAN1: Cognitive Neuroscience (Goschke)
to be updated
CAN2: Psychobiology (Kirschbaum)
The following textbooks are recommended for reviewing module contents of the module Biopsychology of the Bachelor's program Psychology at the TU Dresden:
- Pinel, J., & Barnes, S. (2021). Biopsychology, Global Edition. Pearson.
(online access via SLUB, see here) - Bear, M.F., Connors, B.W., Paradiso, M.A. & Engel, A. (2018). Neurowissenschaften (4. Aufl.). Spektrum Akademischer Verlag.
(online access via SLUB, see here)
Recommended literature specifically for the Psychobiology module in the CAN Master's will be added soon.
CAN3: Lifespan Developmental Neuroscience (Li)
The following textbooks are recommended:
- Johnson, M. H. & de Haan, M. (2015). Developmental cognitive neuroscience: An introduction (3rd ed.). Chichester: Wiley.
(online access via SLUB, see here). - Cabeza, R. et al. (2017). Cognitive neuroscience of aging: Linking cognitive and cerebral aging. Oxford University Press.
- Nelson, C. A. (2008). Handbook of developmental neuroscience (2nd ed.). MIT press.
(online access via SLUB, see here)
CAN4: Neurobiology of Individual Differences (Strobel)
For repetition or to fill gaps in knowledge, chapters 8 of the following two books are suitable, in which biopsychological personality theories are discussed:
- Stemmler, G., Hagemann, D., Amelang, M. & Spinath, F. (2011). Differentielle Psychologie und Persönlichkeitsforschung (8. Aufl.). Stuttgart: Kohlhammer.
(online access via SLUB, see here) - Schmitt, M. & Altstötter-Gleich (2010). Differentielle und Persönlichkeitspsychologie kompakt. Weinheim: Beltz PVU.
(online access via SLUB, see here)
CAN5: Cognitive Neuroscience Methods (Kiebel)
Chapters 1, 2, and 4 of this textbook are recommended for this module:
- Ward, J. (2019). The student’s guide to cognitive neuroscience (4th ed.). London: Routledge.
(online access via SLUB, see here)
CAN6: Advanced Statistical Methods (Scherbaum)
To work through gaps instatistical knowledge, it is recommended to go through:
- Bortz, J. & Schuster, C. (2010). Statistik für Human- und Sozialwissenschaftler (7. Aufl.). Heidelberg: Springer.
(online access via SLUB, see here)
In addition, an e-learning tool exists for both Basic Statistics and Modeling:
CAN7: Applied Cognitive Neuroscience
Since this module is a so-called catalog module, in which there are no prescribed courses, but rather students can choose from a catalog of courses, it is not useful for CAN7 to provide literature for filling in gaps in knowledge.