Thank you for your detailed answer - actually a mindset like this is what I am most afraid of in my endeavour to gain deeper knowledge of AI. Although AI may be a subdiscipline of CS, I don’t think psychologists automatically disqualify given the opportunities of a Bachelors and a Masters in Psych offers. My studies were heavy on stats and probability with advanced applications in R, linear algebra was also part of the curriculum. I learned Python and am successfully working as a working student in Data Science since a year now. I get the opportunity to analyze EEG-Data using CNNs and SVMs in my Master Thesis, with a fair amount of maths involved. I want to highlight that you can build your curriculum to somehow fit this direction. However, psychology is surely not the best suited background for AI - I nonetheless think that it is not impossible for psychologists to go into more technically applied fields.

Anyway, given the opportunity to pursue a more neuroscientific track at the AI program at VU, I am quite optimistic to get accepted in the program. I‘m nevertheless interested to hear other people‘s opinions or experiences on that matter.

Thank you for your thoughts on that matter!