Master Program in Traffic Psychology & Sustained Mobility, University of Groningen, Netherlands (2016-2017)

Reduced mobility in old age results in a significant increase in the cost to society, not only because of the need for hired transport but also because of secondary consequences, like less social integration, lower satisfaction with life, and reduced mental agility, which can then lead to tertiary consequences like isolation and depression.

This programme makes you an expert in this field. Different disciplines cover the broad theme of mobility and offer courses that examine social perspectives, that consider how a decline in the ability to process information affects mobility, and that focus on the clinical effects of ageing (e.g. dementia). A practical course element provides hands-on training using state-of-the-art assessment techniques and instruments. This will enable you to acquire the skills you will need in the applied and research field, e.g. for assessment in the field and in advanced driving simulators.

Student profile
- Interested in human behaviour in traffic and mobility influencing factors
- Interested in obtaining experience in applied experimental and field research
- Interested in the interaction between technology and behaviour
- Interested in gerontology and the neuropsychological assessment of behavioural abnormality and deviation

Further details:
http://www.rug.nl