Cognitive Psychology

Cognitive Dynamics: Examining Interactions of Mind, Body, and World

Our cognitive psychologists extend traditional boundaries in the study of cognition to encompass bodies, physical environments, sociocultural contexts, and information technologies. Graduate training emphasizes experimental methods, cognitive science, and psychobiology. Faculty have specific expertise in the study of psycholinguistics, memory, and perception.

Research Interests of the Faculty

• Language and discourse comprehension
• Reading
• Speech perception and production
• Cognitive and social processes memory
• Working memory and executive control
• Decision making
• Emotional influences in cognition
• Simulation and modeling of cognitive processes
• Spatial vision
• Visual psychophysics

Faculty Members Focusing on Cognitive Psychology

• Bruce Bridgeman
• Jean E. Fox Tree
• Raymond W. Gibbs, Jr.
• Alan H. Kawamoto
• Dominic W. Massaro
• Travis L. Seymour
• Margaret Wilson