This module will provide an overview of how machine learning and Artificial Intelligence can be used to answer questions in different fields of psychology.
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Syllabus
The aims of this modules are:
- to provide psychology and life science students with an overview of available AI and machine learning tools for psychological questions.
- to provide technical students (computer science, engineering) with an overview of typical questions in psychology and the scientific rationale behind those questions and the datasets used to answer the questions.
- to train students in presenting and communicating information across disciplines (technical <> psychology), including awareness of conceptual pitfalls and potential for misunderstandings.
- to promote critical understanding of the use of AI in professional contexts.
Key topics may include:
- History of AI in Psychology
- AI applications in Cognition and Perception (e.g., Object recognition, depth perception, reading and language processing, haptics and grasping).
- AI applications in mental health and clinical Psychology (e.g., interaction with AI technology, mental health chatbots, prediction of treatment response, identification of biomarker of mental health, analysis of mental health questionnaires).
- AI applications in social and interpersonal Psychology (e.g., social robots, social media, moral decisions).
- Methodological aspects of AI applications (e.g., brain imaging, model comparisons).
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Teaching and learning methods include 11 x two-hour hybrid lectures, and 11 x one-hour tutorial sessions with student-expert groups. Hybrid lectures are taught half by an expert in psychology and half by an expert on AI and machine learning. In the tutorials, teaching assistants will present example studies that illustrate the specific AI tools to the respective weekly topic.