The PhD program is an interdisciplinary course focused on the following areas:

a) Neural bases of cognitive processes

• language
• memory
• social cognition
• decision-making and neuro-economics
• neuroscience of music

b) Life-span neuroscience

• typical and atypical development
• developmental pathologies 
• normal and pathological ageing
• neurodegenerative diseases
• neuropsychology
• techniques of rehabilitation of cognitive functions
• neural plasticity

c) Methodology

• research methodology
• neurostimulation techniques
• neurophysiological techniques
• neuroimaging techniques
• experimental psychology
• advanced statistics and data analysis