Cognitive Neuroscience: How does the brain work? How do we use information and experience to make decisions? What is neuroplasticity? How does stress affect the brain? Selected topics from cognitive neuroscience are taught as part of the basic module in cognitive neuroscience using English-language publications. The focus of all topics is on teaching current neuroscientific paradigms and methods (e.g. imaging techniques and mathematical modelling) that can be used to investigate specific questions.

Social and emotional processes: How do other people influence our thoughts, feelings and behaviour? How do family, school and work environments shape individual characteristics and experiences? And how do these traits, experiences and social dynamics develop over the course of a lifetime? Selected topics in social and emotional processes are taught in the core module Origins of and Differences in Human Cognition and Personality and in the two applied elective modules Social Dynamics of Organisational Behaviour and Socio-Emotional Development and Learning. All topics are considered from an integrative perspective of developmental, social, cognitive, and personality psychology research.
In-depth and comprehensive methodological and statistical skills are taught in all modules. This includes methods of experimental data collection in the laboratory, such as neurophysiological measures (e.g. fMRI, EEG), behavioural measures (e.g. reaction times, eye tracking) and videotaped interactions, as well as methods of data collection in the field (e.g. apps, reports, scan sampling). All modules provide in-depth knowledge of data processing and analysis, including the management and analysis of large repeated measures datasets, the handling of missing data, and the application of various experimental, latent, and cognitive data modelling approaches.

In addition to the focus on research methodology and the two complementary subject specialisations, an internship is planned for the third semester of the programme, which students can combine with a semester abroad. Course formats include lectures, seminars and intensive project seminars. The Master's programme is a face-to-face programme.