Psychological & Brain Sciences 615 - Cognitive Psych & Neurosci

Cognitive Psychology is the scientific study of fundamental mental processes such as perception, attention, memory, knowledge, language, problem solving, reasoning, and decision-making. In short, Cognitive Psychology the scientific study of the mind and mental processes. Cognitive Neuroscience employs neuroscience methods to study Cognitive Psychology. This is an intensive course that will cover the different aspects of Cognitive Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience in some depth at a level appropriate for beginning graduate students.

Open to Psychology graduate students and School Psychology (in Education) students. This course is also open to advanced undergraduate students who have not yet taken Psych 315 or 315H. Interested students should seek permission of the instructor at: psych697r-kcave@umass.edu