Cognitive Psychology

Faculty in the cognitive program conducts basic and applied research in their investigations of mental processes. Opportunities to conduct applied research make our students attractive to non-academic employers and provide them with a unique perspective that enriches their basic research. Graduates from this area have been attractive to both academic and non-academic employers. Students in the cognitive area have been supported by grants from the National Science Foundation and the Federal Aviation Administration.

Faculty in the cognitive area answer the following questions:
  • How do we selectively process the information in the visual environment?
  • What role does memory play in judgments of likelihood and confidence?
  • How do control processes bridge perception, action, and cognition?
  • How does memory influence hypothesis generation, evaluation and testing?
  • What factors influence eyewitness identification and the creation of false memories?
  • What are the changes in cognitive processes that result from aging?
  • How do people remember to perform future actions?
Requirements

The requirements for the Ph.D. are those established by the Department of Psychology. All students are assigned a faculty advisor upon being admitted. The individual student, in consultation with a faculty committee, will design a course of study that matches the student's interests and career aspirations. We follow an apprenticeship model of training, treating graduate students like junior colleagues.

Core Cognitive Faculty

Scott D. Gronlund (Ph.D. Indiana University)
Professor of Psychology

Sowon Hahn (Ph.D. University of Illinois)
Associate Professor of Psychology

Rick Thomas (Ph.D. Kansas State University)
Assistant Professor of Psychology

Affiliated Cognitive Faculty Members

Lynn Devenport (Ph.D. University of Chicago)
Professor of Psychology

Robert Hamm (Ph.D. Harvard University)
Associate Professor, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, and Director, Clinical Decision Making Program

Marlys Lipe (Ph.D. University of Chicago)
Associate Professor of Accounting.

Chris Swoyer (Ph. D. University of Minnesota)
Professor of Philosophy

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