Cognitive Science | Johns Hopkins University

The Department of Cognitive Science offers an undergraduate major, a minor in linguistics, and two graduate degree programs—one leading to a PhD and one leading to a Master of Arts.

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

News & Announcements

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Our New MA and PhD Cohorts Starting Fall 2019

We welcome eight new graduate students joining our department this fall. They come from a variety of backgrounds. See link for details.

August 23, 2019

Emalie McMahon Received NSF Fellowship

In April, incoming PhD student Emalie McMahon had the distinct honor of being selected as a 2019 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship recipient. Her funded project is entitled, “Real Object Perception in the Human Visual System.” The aim of the project is to investigate how the human visual system processes 3D object shape during grasping. During […]

July 29, 2019

Cognitive Science Colloquium Series, Fall 2019

Our Fall 2019 Colloquium Series will feature Drs. Rushen Shi (Université du Québec à Montréal) and Talia Konkle (Harvard). Talk titles and abstracts will be posted to our event page at least 1 week in advance of each presentation.

June 15, 2019

Leyla Isik Joins the Department!

We welcome Dr. Leyla Isik as our newest assistant professor. Until recently, she was a postdoctoral associate in the Center for Brains, Minds, and Machines (MIT/Harvard). Leyla starts July 1st. Welcome to the team, Leyla! As an alumnae of the JHU Biomedical Engineering program, we hope it feels like coming home.

May 21, 2019

Two Seniors Receive Excellence in Cognitive Science Award

Each spring, our faculty members choose a graduating cognitive science major with the strongest combination of academic excellence and outstanding accomplishments in research. This year, two seniors were selected: Kimberly Wong and Mingyu Yang. Congratulations!