University of Edinburgh School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences
The University of Edinburgh School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences is a school within the College of Humanities and Social Science at the University of Edinburgh. The School was formed in 2002 as a result of administrative restructuring, when several departments of what was then the Faculty of Arts were brought together. The University of Edinburgh's academic foundation is based on three Colleges containing a total of 22 Schools;[1] among these is the School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences (PPLS).
The School is composed of three subject areas:
- Philosophy (ranked 8th in the UK (45th in the world)[2])
- Psychology (ranked 5th in the UK (37th in the world)[3])
- Linguistics and English Language (LEL) (ranked 1st in the UK in internationally leading research[4])
It also houses much of the Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology.[5]
Within the School, research in Psychology is organized along 3 broad themes:
- Differential Psychology, which looks at individual differences in the way people think, behave, and feel emotions differently.
- Human Cognitive Neuroscience, which studies memory, attention, executive function, visual memory, sensory integration, and perceptuo-motor control in adults who function normally and those who possess disorders within the nervous system.
- Language Cognition and Communication, which covers topics in linguistic comprehension, understanding, invention and conversation.[6]
External links
- Philosophy at Edinburgh
- Psychology at Edinburgh
- Linguistics and English Language at Edinburgh
- School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Science
References
- ↑ http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/introduction
- ↑ Philosophical Gourmet Report
- ↑ QS World University survey
- ↑ RAE
- ↑ Cross-council Lifelong Health and Well-being initiative
- ↑ "Research: Psychology". University of Edinburgh. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
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