In addition, we have developed research alliances with the Houston and Galveston educational institutions and Medical Centers, and with the international research community, which we will strengthen and broaden. We will also continue our distinguished lecture series, which has formed a means of outreach to the community. Work by a Center member has already positioned UH as a leading site for this extension of cognitive science research. The Biomedical Program emphasizes cognitive biomimetics, the science of understanding normal and abnormal biological cognitive functioning, and using this knowledge to develop diagnostic tools and to reverse engineer intelligent systems. The Brains, Behavior and Society Project focuses on the construction and communication of representational systems.
Several members work in both areas.
Cognitive science itself provides a multi-level approach to problems about cognition and encourages crosscutting work. The Center will continue the distinguished lecture series started by the Cognitive Science Initiative. Past Guests include Profs. Daniel Dennett, Patricia Churchland, Herbert Dreyfus, George Sperling, George Graham, Steven Pinker, and Anne Marie Treismann. The Center will also continue the sponsorship of several email lists, including cogsci-Houston which sends notices of cognitive science events in the Houston area to the medical and educational community.