
About the Cognitive Science Program
The Cognitive Science Program’s mission is to provide interdisciplinary, high-quality training to undergraduate and graduate students in the science of the human mind that prepares students to tackle global and multicultural challenges.
Cognitive science is the study of how intelligent beings (including people, animals, and machines) perceive, act, know, and think.
It explores the process and content of thought as observed in individuals, distributed through communities, manifested in the structure and meaning of language, modeled by algorithms, and contemplated by philosophies of mind.
Its models are formulated using concepts drawn from many disciplines, including psychology, linguistics, logic, computer science, anthropology, and philosophy, and they are tested using evidence from psychological experiments, clinical studies, field studies, computer simulations, and neurophysiological observation.
Upcoming Events
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Dec
13
Doctoral Dissertation Oral Defense of Declan Gilmer 2:00pm
Doctoral Dissertation Oral Defense of Declan Gilmer
Wednesday, December 13th, 2023
02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Bousfield Building
Organizational researchers have noted the harmful effects of negative work relationships and the benefits of positive work relationships. However, there is limited integration of these two fields of inquiry. Thus, I present the results of two empirical studies which highlight complex affective ties at work, and how these ties may impact organizational attachment.
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Dec
15
PHIL End-of-Year Event 2:30pm
PHIL End-of-Year Event
Friday, December 15th, 2023
02:30 PM
Oak Hall
Menu Items:
- Vegetable Curry Samosas
- Spanakopita Flowers
- Vegetable Potstickers
- Apple Strudel
- Warm Apple Crisp
- Water + Hot Cider
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Jan
25
InCHIP Lecture Series: Jim Downs, Ph.D., Gettysburg College 12:30pm
InCHIP Lecture Series: Jim Downs, Ph.D., Gettysburg College
Thursday, January 25th, 2024
12:30 PM - 01:30 PM
Hybrid Lecture - InCHIP, J. Ray Ryan Bldg., Room 204 (top floor)
Jim Downs, Ph.D., Gettysburg College
Topic: Effects of Colonialism, Slavery, and War on Medicine
January 25, 2024 | 12:30 - 1:30 PM
Jim Downs is the Gilder Lehrman-National Endowment for the Humanities Professor of Civil War Era Studies and History. He is the author of Sick From Freedom: African American Sickness and Suffering during the Civil War and Reconstruction (Oxford UP, 2012), Stand By Me: The Forgotten History of Gay Liberation (Basic Books, 2016) and Maladies of Empire: How Colonialism, Slavery, and War Transformed Medicine (Harvard UP, 2021) which has been translated into Chinese, French, Korean, Japanese, and Russian.
Join In-Person: J. Ray Ryan Bldg., Room 204
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Jan
26
Vice Squad Meeting 10:00am
Vice Squad Meeting
Friday, January 26th, 2024
10:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Oak Hall
Contact Information:
Alenies Rodriguez, Educational Program Assistant for Philosophy/Sociology
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Phone: 860.486.8880
Email: alenies.rodriguez@uconn.edu