Psychology and Cognitive Science

Psychology

• Attention and executive function
• Behavior Analysis and Modification
• Development of psychometric models of cognitive functions
• Emotions and emotional regulation
• Epistemological foundations of cognitive science
• Gender and gender relations
• Judgment, decision-making and reasoning in law, economics and health
• Learned regulation of brain signals
• Parenting: biology and environmental factors
• Psychology and Clinical research methodology
• Psychology of Language, Linguistics and Neurolinguistics
• Social cognition and intergroup relations
• Statistical and psychometric techniques for complex data
• Typical and atypical development
• Work, organizational and personnel psychology

Cognitive Technologies

• Automatic analysis of human behavior
• (Automatic) Natural language processing
• Cognitive ergonomics and interaction with intelligent systems
• Interaction with Big Data and decision-making
• Technology for education

Education and training

• Inclusive processes in educational contexts
• Media, eLearning and Learning Communites online in educational processes
• Quality of education and training process

To apply for the PhD programme, you must have:

• a specialist or master's degree or a degree issued under the previous regulations;
• a second-level diploma awarded by higher-education institutions for the fine arts, music and dance (AFAM, Alta Formazione Artistica e Musicale);
• an equivalent academic qualification obtained abroad (master's degree) that allows admission to the PhD program in the education system or in the country of issue and that is considered suitable by the selection committee for the sole purpose of accessing the course.

For the 42nd cycle are available 12 positions covered by three-year scholarships:

• 6 grants financed by the University of Trento;
• 3 grants financed by Fondazione Bruno Kessler on the following topics:
  • A Study of Evaluation Methodologies in Digital Games: Integrating Multimodal Player Data and Peripheral Indexes;
  • Enhancing Speech Language Models for Pathological Speech Analysis;
  • Cognitive and Motivational Mechanisms for Active Citizen Engagement in Urban Digital Twins;
• 1 grant financed by the Department of Psychology and Cognitive Science within the Project “Transparency in bodily and vocal signals: a tool for metacognition” (MUR_FIS_Fondo Italiano per la Scienza – CUP E53C25003260001) on the following topic:
  • Transparency in bodily and vocal signals: a tool for metacognition;
• 1 grant financed by the Department of Psychology and Cognitive Science within the Project “Impact Evaluation of an Integrated Model for Teacher Training and Neurodivergent Student Inclusion” on the following topic:
  • Impact Evaluation of an Integrated Model for Teacher Training and Neurodivergent Student Inclusion;
• 1 grant co-financed by MUSE- Museo delle Scienze di Trento on the following topic:
  • Cognition and symbolic production in Late Glacial Alpine and pre-Alpine contexts;
• One supernumerary position is available, reserved for applicants meeting the requirements specified in Art. 8 of the Call.

For information on topic-specific scholarships visit the dedicated page.

The admission call indicates:

• admission requirements;
• deadlines;
• admission procedure;
• details of the funded positions;
• availability of scholarships.