How it Works The Center for the Neural Basis in Cognition, a joint program of the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University, offers a summer program for a small number of qualified undergraduates interested in studying cognitive or computational neuroscience.
Computational neuroscience is concerned with the analysis and simulation of neural circuits.
The summer program offers undergraduates ten weeks of intensive involvement in laboratory research supervised by one of the program's faculty. The program also includes weekly journal club meetings and a series of lectures and laboratory tours designed to give students a broad exposure to cognitive and computational neuroscience topics. Students' individual research experiences are planned in consultation with the training program's Director. Potential laboratory environments include single unit recording, neuroanatomy, brain imaging, computer simulation of biological or cognitive phenomena, robotics, and neuropsychological or behavioral assessment of clinical subjects. Support is provided by the National Science Foundation and the Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition.