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.

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Colloquium: Jim DiCarlo

Title and abstract to come Dr. Jim DiCarlo joined the McGovern Institute in 2002, and is currently the Peter de Florez Professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences as well as […]

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Three Open Rank Cognitive Science Faculty Positions

As part of a strategic investment for a transformative expansion of the faculty, we seek candidates for three open-rank, tenure-track/tenured faculty positions in the following areas: high-level vision; interaction of language and vision; and language. These searches reflect the University’s commitment to faculty growth in Cognitive Science that contributes to large-scale investment in Data Science/AI and Neuroscience.

Launching OneNeuro: Deciphering the brain’s mysteries

OneNeuro is a new cross-disciplinary initiative at Hopkins that unifies a community of scientists across all scales of research from "molecules to mind" that includes neuroscientists, engineers, computer scientists, data scientists, neurologists, neurosurgeons, psychiatrists, cognitive scientists, psychologists, philosophers, and others.

Best Oral Presentation Award @ LatinX in AI

PhD student Kathy Garcia received the Best Oral Presentation Award at the LatinX in AI Workshop at the 2024 International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML) for her talk titled “Modeling […]