Multidisciplinary Study of the Mind and Brain

Students in the Department of Cognitive Science are provided theoretically oriented research and training opportunities as they approach the study of the mind and brain from multiple perspectives.

  • Degrees Offered BA, MA, PhD
  • Major Cognitive Science
  • Minor Linguistics

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PhD Program

Training cognitive scientists who can meld disciplines into a genuinely integrated science of the mind and brain.

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Master's Program

Graduate training is highly interdisciplinary and strongly theoretically oriented.

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Undergraduate Program

Cognitive science majors study the mind and brain from multiple perspectives.

Upcoming Events

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Omega Psi Conference

Omega Psi hosts a cognitive science conference every year in the Spring as a platform for for undergraduate cognitive science researchers to present their work while learning from our plenary […]

Glushko Talk – TBN Speaker

Coming Soon: We will announce this year's Glushko Outstanding Undergraduate Cognitive Science Prize winner in the coming weeks. They'll give a talk on May 22nd. Stay tuned. Zoom option will […]

News & Announcements

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Two CogSci Students Receive NSF GRFs

PhD students Taylor Martinez and Kathy Garcia have the distinct honor of being selected as 2024 NSF Graduate Research Fellows! {…}

Meet Our New Grads

We have three new graduate students in Cognitive Science this spring. Join us in welcoming them to JHU!