Cognitive Specialization

There are two primary Ph.D. training tracks or specializations in the Brain and Cognitive Sciences cluster: Cognition and Perception, and Neuroscience.

For the Cognition and Perception specialization, faculty research interests include: motion, object, and event perception; the psychology of food; investigations of the cognitive mechanisms underlying production and comprehension of language; the nature and development of spatial representation and reasoning; early memory for childhood events; varieties of memory and consciousness; the nature of thought processes involved in problem solving and creative thinking.

For further information or questions concerning the Brain and Cognitive Sciences contact:

Dr. Tom Gould
Director, Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Email: tgould@temple.edu | FOR A GRADUATE APPLICATION CLICK HERE

Primary Faculty

• Jason Chein, Ph.D.
• Kim Curby, Ph.D.
• Tania Giovannetti, Ph.D
• Peter Marshall, Ph.D.
  
• Nora S. Newcombe, Ph.D.
• Ingrid Olson, Ph.D.
• Vinay Parikh, Ph.D.
• Thomas F. Shipley, Ph.D.
• Robert Weisberg, Ph.D.