Human Cognition and Perception Linguistics Social Psychology See the SBER Division page for submission of proposal and contact information. The following information briefly describes the types of research supported in each of the programs in the Cognitive, Psychological, and Language Sciences Cluster. Human Cognition and Perception Supports research on human perceptual and cognitive processes, including the development of these processes.
Emphasis is placed on research strongly grounded in theory.
Research topics include vision, audition, haptic perception, attention, object recognition, language processing, spatial representation, motor control, memory, reasoning, and concept formation. The program encompasses a wide range of theoretical perspectives such as experimental computation, connectionism, and ecological perception, and a variety of methodologies such as experimental studies and computational modeling. Research involving acquired or developmental deficits is appropriate if the results speak to basic issues in the study of normal perception or cognition. Linguistics Supports scientific research of all types that focus on natural human language as an object of investigation. Social Psychology Supports research on human and social behavior, including cultural influences and development over the lifespan.