The Doctoral Course in Psychological Science and Education intends to form high levels of professionalism and autonomy whereby students will take responsibility in the following fields.

Basic research in cognitive processes:

• inferential process in decision-making and probable reasoning;
• production, comprehension/understanding/ and language learning;
• categorisation/classification processes.

Basic research on:

• mechanisms and learning process;
• communicative abilities.

Applied research in economics:

• consumer behaviour;
• development of decision-making competences and business management.

Applied research in health:

• reasoning process and medical decision-making;
• evaluation/assessment of professional risks and infection contractions or illnesses;
• assessment of cognitive functions;
• design/planning and rehabilitative operation tests in neurophysiology.

Applied clinical research:

• diagnosis and planning of therapeutic operation skills;
• rehabilitative and educational with subjects of typical and atypical development.

Applied research in technological-ergonomics:

• design and assessment of multimedia interfaces and man-machine interactive systems;
• testing expert systems and support systems for decision-making.

Applied research in education:

• educational, design, and realization processes and assessment of actions in adult education and social politics;
• autonomous design and criticism of programme awareness and personal identity;
• intercultural relations;
• professional updating;
• design and making of e-learning and multimedia learning.

Applied research in work and organisation:

• analysis and management of individual careers;
• transition processes at work and whilst working;
• preventing disabilities at work;
• training and learning in work places.