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| Area Faculty Woo-Kyoung Ahn Other Primary Faculty Who Advise Cognitive Students June Gruber Area Colloquia Current Work in Cognitive Psychology General Information The program in Cognitive Psychology is concerned with basic research in perception, human learning and memory, consciousness, thinking and problem solving, language, and intelligence, as well as with applications of this basic research to everyday settings. Much of the research in the cognitive group bridges across these various fields of specialization. In addition to the core faculty in Cognitive Psychology, many faculty members with other primary specializations are also interested in cognitive research. Students are encouraged to read widely both in the cognitive area and in related disciplines, such as computer science, linguistics, philosophy, and statistics. Programs of study overlapping with other areas of psychological research such as developmental, social, clinical or behavioral neuroscience, are encouraged. The cognitive group meets together as a whole every Tuesday for a presentation (with discussion) by one of its members, and numerous smaller groups with special interests also meet on a regular basis for internal exchanges of ideas. Students are encouraged to study and do research with multiple faculty members, and to develop their own program of research in an area of their choosing. The Cognitive Psychology group is highly interactive and encourages research and discussion representing diverse viewpoints within the field. Abilities and Expertise The graduate program in abilities and expertise in the Department of Psychology at Yale University is designed to teach students about the nature of abilities, expertise, and their interrelations. The program considers a number of factors that lead to the development of abilities and expertise, such as learning and memory, intelligence, creativity, wisdom, personality, motivation, styles of thinking, and social-situational factors. It is multidisciplinary in its approach, considering biological, cognitive, developmental, educational, psychometric, and social-psychological as well as other approaches to the topics it studies. Students participating in this program will also be affiliated with at least one of the other areas of the department: behavioral neuroscience, clinical psychology, cognitive psychology, developmental psychology, or social psychology. The program draws upon faculty and students with diverse interests, and encompasses a wide-ranging set of courses and research programs. |