Students may work with faculty from other areas in the Psychology Department, such as Developmental Psychology or Sensory, Neural, and Perceptual Processes, or from other departments, such as Computer Science, Linguistics, and Philosophy to investigate cognitive issues that arise in those domains. Working with faculty and postdoctoral fellows in these well equipped and fully computer-based laboratories, students participate in all phases of research from design through publication. They are encouraged to develop their own independent research programs. Participating departments include, among others, Psychology, Biology, Linguistics, Computer Science, Philosophy. This area focuses on human memory processes.
Empirical research is designed to develop, extend, and test theories of memory.
Judgment and Decision Making. This area focuses on the cognitive processes of judgment and choice with an emphasis on mathematical modeling of both prescriptive and descriptive theories. Research concerns both basic and applied issues. This area focuses on how individuals monitor and control their own cognitive processes and how they determine their strategies for learning and memory under various conditions.