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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; 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))
  • Psychology (ranked 5th in the UK (37th in the world))
  • Linguistics and English Language (LEL) (ranked 1st in the UK in internationally leading research)

    • It also houses much of the Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology.

    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.

    • References

    University of Edinburgh School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences Wikipedia
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