About this course
You participate in research activities focusing on the psychological, behavioral, and cognitive components of consciousness and perception. Classwork consists of supervision of your research activities and selected topics are reviewed relative to research (e.g., ethics, methods, and methodologies) in consciousness studies.
Syllabus
Faculty
Dan-Anders Jirenhed
FacultyMSc in Cognitive Science from Linköping University (2001) and PhD in Neurophysiology from Lund University (2007). Prior to DIS, Dan worked as a Postdoctoral research fellow at Stanford University in the US (2009-2011) and as a researcher and teacher at Lund University (2011-2021). With DIS since 2024.
Ginevra Sperandio
FacultyM.Sc., Cognitive Neuroscience, Sapienza Università di Roma (IT) (2019 – 2021). PhD Candidate, Neuroscience (Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow – Horizon 2020) Universität Heidelberg (DE) & Université Paris-Saclay (FR) 2021 – present. With DIS since 2025.
Xinyu Lai
FacultyB.Sc, Applied Psychology, Beijing Sport University, 2018 M.Sc., Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, Aarhus University, 2021 PhD Cand. in Cognitive Systems, Dept. of Applied Math & Comp. Sci, Technical University of Denmark, 2022. PhD fellow, Cognitive Systems, Dept. of Applied Math & Comp. Sci, Technical University of Denmark, 2022-present. With DIS since 2025.
Sebastian Scott Engen
FacultyCand.It (Cognitive Science, Aarhus University, 2022). Chief Editor, Aarhus University Newspaper, 2022-2023. Artist, Experimentarium, 2022-2023. Researcher, Aarhus University, 2018-2023. With DIS since 2023.