APSB23606U Experimental Methods 3

Volume 2025/2026
Education

Bacheloruddannelsen i Kognitions- og datavidenskab.

Content

The course focuses on design of cognitive neuroscientific experiments including development of own experimental designs. The student will use advanced statistical analyses when analysing and interpreting data.

Learning Outcome

On completion of the course, students should be able to:

Knowledge

  • describe different forms of experimental design in cognitive neuroscience using advanced methods of measurement, such as brain imaging and electrophysiology.
  • provide reasons for choosing experimental designs in cognitive neuroscience.
  • describe advanced methods of analysis of own experimental data as well as data from Open Science online platforms from experiments using methods such as brain imaging and electrophysiology.

 

Skills

  • design, programme, and conduct cognitive and neuroscientific experiments using specialized software packages, programming languages, and data bases.
  • conduct advanced analyses of data from own cognitive neuroscientific experiments in light of relevant experimental literature.
  • use and integrate methodological tools from a variety of disciplines.
  • write a research report of an experimental study or based on or data from Open Science online platforms, including methods, results, and discussion in relation to the existing research literature

 

Competencies

  • interpret results of own cognitive neuroscientific experiments in light of chosen design, statistical methods of analysis, and relevant literature.
  • identify and evaluating possible sources of error in own cognitive neuroscientific experimental data and results.
  • develop own experimental cognitive neuroscientific projects in groups.
  • manage an interdisciplinary working process and project.

200 standard pages of compulsory literature and 500 standard pages of self-selected literature. The literature consists mostly of recent research papers and methodological literature. The syllabus is provided in the course room on Absalon and is subject to changes depending on teachers and topics.

• Avanceret kognitionspsykologi
• Biologisk psykologi og neuropsykologi
• Eksperimentel metode 1 og 2
• Sandsynlighedsregning og statistik
• Programmering og problemløsning
The classes consist of seminar classes and work in groups.
  • Category
  • Hours
  • Class Instruction
  • 21
  • Preparation
  • 185
  • Total
  • 206
Oral
Individual
Collective
Continuous feedback during the course of the semester
Feedback by final exam (In addition to the grade)
Peer feedback (Students give each other feedback)
Credit
7,5 ECTS
Type of assessment
Oral exam on basis of previous submission
Type of assessment details
Written take home assignment followed by an oral exam made in groups of 2-3 students.

The take home assignment:
All aids allowed.
The take home assignment is free. Limitations in scope: maximum 10 normal pages.

The oral examination:
The oral examination is without preparation.
Only certain aids allowed: students are only allowed to bring their written exam paper (the experiment report) and optionally a computer-based slide-show.
Groups of 2 students 40 minutes. Groups of 3 students is 50 minutes.

Details
The assessment time includes 10 minutes voting and feedback. The take home assignment weighs approximately ½ of the assessment. The home assignment and the oral examination must each be assessed as passed individually. Each student’s contribution(s) must always be clearly indicated in the assignment. The home assignment is an experiment rapport, it must have a maximum of 10 standard pages (excluding appendices of analysis programs, etc.) made by the group. It must be handed in at the end of the course. The exam will be completed individually if there is such a large drop-out rate in the group that only one student from the group submits the home assignment or shows up for the oral examination. If so, the oral examination time is 30 min.
Exam registration requirements

There are no exam registration requirements that the student must meet to participate in the exam.

Aid
Only certain aids allowed (see description below)

All aids allowed for the take home assignment. For the oral exam, students are only allowed to bring their written exam paper (the experiment report) and optionally a computer-based slide-show.

Marking scale
7-point grading scale
Censorship form
External censorship
Re-exam

Same as the ordinary exam.

The home assignment is based on a distributed dataset followed by an oral exam.

The home assignment is an experiment rapport. The re-exam can only be taken as an individual exam. Duration the home assignment: 7 days maximum of 10 standard pages. Duration the oral exam: 30 minutes including 10 minutes voting and feedback.

Criteria for exam assesment

Please see the learning outcome.

Students are assessed on the extent to which they master the learning outcome for the course.

To obtain the top grade “12”, the student must with no or only a few minor weaknesses be able to demonstrate an excellent performance displaying a high level of command of all aspects of the relevant material and can make use of the knowledge, skills and competencies listed in the learning outcomes.


To obtain the passing grade “02”, the student must in a satisfactory way be able to demonstrate a minimal acceptable level of the knowledge, skills and competencies listed in the learning outcomes.