The Department of Cognitive and Psychological Sciences (CoPsy) is dedicated to the interdisciplinary study of mind, brain and behavior. Its mission is to conduct impactful state-of-the-art research, to teach, and to provide service to society in these areas of scholarship.
Cognitive and Psychological Sciences
Cognitive and Psychological Sciences
Integrating the study of mind, brain, and behavior
Cognitive and Psychological Sciences
Integrating the study of mind, brain, and behavior
Academics
Our curriculum features a unique, intellectually diverse mix of courses, and we place a particular emphasis on methods, critical thinking, and research skills to address questions about mind, brain, and behavior.
Our graduate programs are highly selective, successfully recruiting and retaining excellent students, competing with the top programs in the world. Our doctoral students go on to be scientists and scholars who contribute to the generation of knowledge in both academic and non-academic settings.
Research
We share a belief that transformational advances in understanding mind, brain, and behavior will occur at the boundaries of disciplines, across levels of analysis, and through a diversity of approaches, paradigms, and perspectives. Our interdisciplinary character is captured by this image, which crosses traditional areas with our cross-cutting research themes.
CoPsy department is dedicated to advancing the understanding of mind, brain, and behavior through cutting-edge research and innovative teaching. Our faculty and students actively collaborate across campus, leveraging a wealth of resources to enhance scholarly activities.
News
The lab of Michael Frank has reconciled theories of how humans store and retrieve information in the short-term, a process called working memory, in a new biologically-inspired computational model. The findings have implications for dopamine-related disorders like Parkinson’s disease, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and schizophrenia.
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News from CoPsy
John Mertus receives Emmy Award
Congratulation to John Mertus, a long-time colleague of Dr. Sheila Blumstein and former member of our department! He received an Emmy in October for Engineering, Science & Technology for the development of the DRS™Nova Film and Video Restoration Software.
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