Our M.A. is a flexible program of study that provides training in linguistics and/or cognitive science. Students may propose a customized program of advanced study that combines elements from either ...

A new cognitive science major within Cornell’s College of Arts and Sciences was approved earlier this year. Now, the major, coordinated by director Prof. Shaun Nichols, cognitive science, and program ...

When we hear the word “twins”, we tend to think of two identical people who share physical traits, and perhaps certain ...

When Glushko earned his doctoral degree from UC San Diego in 1979, his thesis committee included David Rumelhart, Don Norman, Jay McClelland and Jeff Elman, four of the world’s foremost cognitive ...

Welcome to the Cognitive Experiments, Models, and Neuroscience Lab! Our research focuses on human perception and memory from a broad-based, computational perspective. To shed light on these basic ...

Modern classrooms are filled with the language of cognitive science. We talk about student engagement, working memory, attention, mindset, and cognitive load as if we can observe these things directly ...

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have discovered a natural mechanism that clears existing amyloid plaques in the brains of mouse models of Alzheimer’s disease and preserves cognitive function ...

Computational cognitive models typically focus on individual behavior in isolation. Models frequently employ closedform solutions in which a state of the system can be computed if all parameters and ...

"Cognitive science called to me because it took every academic interest and showed me a real-life application," said one UB student. "It's a means of not just studying people, but making a difference ...

Gaming science reveals how video games boost cognitive skills like memory and attention, with NIH studies showing gamers perform like people years younger. Pixabay, Vika_Glitter Video games have long ...