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

1. http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/introduction
2. Philosophical Gourmet Report
3. QS World University survey
4. RAE
5. Cross-council Lifelong Health and Well-being initiative
6. "Research: Psychology". University of Edinburgh. Retrieved 29 November 2011.