Cognitive

The Cognitive Program emphasizes:

The information processing approach to the study of human behavior
Computational modeling
The application of the data and methodologies of cognitive psychology to real-world problems
Cognitive neuroscience

Many of the ongoing research programs are investigating the role of perception and memory in the comprehension of written and spoken language.

Other areas of specialization include:

knowledge representation
brain mechanisms underlying cognition
attention
human-computer interaction

We encourage our students to take advantage of the department's other strengths in Engineering and Social Psychology. Many of our students further diversify their skills by taking internships.

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