Close collaborations exist across the two campuses.
Other topics of interest include executive function, language, learning and memory and the roles of the hippocampus and the cortex, developmental dissociations and task-dependent behaviors, attention, and invariant object recognition. We have a strong nucleus of cognitive neuroscientists focused on developing mechanistic, computational frameworks for understanding how the brain performs cognitive functions, and exploring these ideas using a wide range of empirical methods. This environment provides a unique opportunity to interact closely with active scientists exploring problems at the forefront of cognitive neuroscience. The departments at CU and DU are highly regarded, and have a strong international reputation for high quality scientific research and training. Spectacularly situated at the eastern edge of the Rockies, this area provides a wide variety of extraordinary outdoor activities, an average of 330 sunny days per year, and also affords a broad range of cultural activities.